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ORDINANCES 


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OF  THE 


VILLAGE  OF  HILTON. 

At  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
the  Village  of  Hilton,  held  in  the  brick  school  house 

in  the  village  of  Hilton,  on  the  18tli  day  of  August, 
A.  I).  1884,  the  Board  of  Trustees  did  employ  A.  E. 

Merchant  to  arrange  the  ordinances  of  the  village  of 
Hilton  for  publication  in  pamphlet  form ;  and  for 
said  services  said  A.  E.  Merchant  was  to  receive  the 
sum  of  ten  (10)  cents  for  each  folio  of  one  hundred 
(100)  words 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, 

Tazewell  County, 
Village  of  Hilton. 


Office  of  Village  Clerk. 


I,  Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk  of  the  Village  of  Hilton  ^ 
do  hereby  certify  that  the  above  proceedings  were  had 
at  a  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
village  of  Hilton  at  a  regular  meeting  held  on  the  18th 
day  of  August,  1884,  as  appears  by  the  record  of  the 
proceedings  of  said  meeting  in  the  journal,  of  which 
I  am  the  keeper. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Village  of 
Hilton,  this  18th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1884. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


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NICHOLAS  SLAGLE. 

VILLAGE  CLERK, 

THOMAS  J.  FLOYD. 

TREASURER, 

JOSEPH  MOSEMAN. 

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TRUSTEES, 

PETER  SCHERTZ. 

J.  G.  VOGELGESANG. 
H.  F.  CAPPO. 

EDWARD  LANGE. 
SAMUEL  ALLEN. 


PREFACE  TO  ORDINANCES. 


This  volume  contains  all  of  the  ordinances  in  force 
in  the  village  of  Hilton,  on  the  18th  day  of  August, 
A.  D.  1884,  the  same  having  been  adopted  by  the 
President  and  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Village  of 
Hilton,  for  the  government  of  said  village. 

The  village  of  Hilton,  Ill.,  was  incorporated  in  July, 
1884,  and  the  following  described  lands  are  included 
within  the  limits  of  said  village  : 


The  east  one  half  (J)  of  section  thirty-two  (32),  all 
of  section  thirty-three  (33),  the  west  one  half  (i)  of 
the  southwest  one  fourth  (I)  of  section  thirty-four  (34), 
the  south  one  half  (i)  of  the  southeast  one  fourth 
(I)  of  section  twenty-eight  (28),  and  the  southwest 
one  fourth  (I)  of  section  twenty-seven  (27),  all  in  town¬ 
ship  twenty-six  (26)  north,  of  range  four  (4)  west  of  the 
third  (3d)  prinicipal  Meridian,  being  in  the  county  of 
Tazewell  and  state  of  Illinois. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  tlie  Ordinances  of 

the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Be  it  ordained  by  tlie  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  tlie  following  code  of  ordinances 
shall  constitute  and  be  denominated  The 
Ordinances  of  the  Village  of  Hilton,  and  when  pub¬ 
lished  in  book  or  pamphlet  form,  properly  arranged 

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and  divided  into  chapters,  divisions  and  sections,  with 
a  table  of  contents  and  properly  indexed,  and  when 
the  requirements  of  the  Statute  of  the  State  of  Illinois 
respecting  the  publication  of  ordinances  shall  have 
been  complied  with,  and  when  so  published  together 
with  the  certificate  of  the  Village  Clerk  under  the 
seal  of  the  corporation,  certifying  to  the  authenticity 
of  the  same  and  of  their  due  publication, 
shall  be  in  force,  and  shall  be  received  as  such  in  all 
courts  and  places  without  further  proof. 

Sec.  2.  All  public  or  general  ordinances  or  parts 
thereof  or  resolutions  not  included  herein,  are  hereby 
repealed,  so  far  as  they  may  conflict  with  the  provis¬ 
ions  hereof.  But  no  fine,  forfeiture,  penalty,  right, 
action,  suit,  debt  or  other  liability  whatsoever  created, 
instituted,  incurred  or  accrued,  by  or  under  the  same, 


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shall  be  released,  discharged,  annulled,  repealed,  or  in 
any  way  affected,  but  may  be  prosecuted,  recovered  or 
enjoined,  or  any  suit  or  other  proceeding,  be  commenc¬ 
ed  or  completed  thereon,  as  fully  and  in  the  same 
manner  in  all  respects  as  if  such  ordinance  or  part 
thereof  had  remained  in  full  force. 

Passed  and  adopted  the  18th  day  of  August,  A.  I). 
1884. 

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(  ,  .  I  Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 

\  SEAL  j  Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


CONSTRUCTIONS. 


Be  it  ordained  by  tlie  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  when  any  ordinance  or  part  of  any 
ordinance  shall  be  repealed  or  modified  by  a  subse¬ 
quent  ordinance,  the  ordinance  or  part  of  ordinance 
thus  repealed  or  modified  shall  continue  in  force  until 
the  due  publication  of  the  ordinance  repealing  or  mod¬ 
ifying  the  same. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  word  “Court,”  when  used  in  any 
ordinance,  shall  be  construed  to  mean  any  court  of 
competent  jurisdiction,  whether  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
Police  Magistrate,  or  Court  of  Record. 


Sec.  3.  When  in  any  ordinance  words  importing 
the  singular  number  are  used  in  reference  to  any  per¬ 
son  or  subject  matter,  such  words  shall  be  deemed  to 
extend  to  and  embrace  several  persons,  matters  and 
subjects ;  and  words  used  collectively  or  importing 
the  plural  number,  shall  be  deemed  to  extend  to  and 
embrace  any  singular  person,  matter  or  subject,  as 
W311  as  to  several;  and  when  any  person  or  subject 
matter  shall  be  named,  referred  to  or  described  by 
w  rds  imparting  the  masculine  gender,  or  by  general 


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CONSTRUCTIONS. 


terms,  females  as  well  as  males  slrall  be  deemed  includ¬ 
ed  in  tlie  meaning  and  terms  thereof  ;  and  the  word 
person  or  persons,  or  words  importing  any  person  or 
persons,  shall  be  deemed  to  include  incorporations  as 
well  as  individuals. 


Sec.  4.  The  word  “month,”  when  used  in  any  ordi¬ 
nance  shall  be  construed  to  mean  a  calendar  month  ; 
and  the  word  “oath”  shall  Ire  deemed  to  include  an  af¬ 
firmation  ;  and  the  word  “sworn”  shall  mean  sworn  or 
affirmed. 


Sec.  5.  The  rules  of  construction  herein  prescribed 
shall  apply  in  all  cases  unless  it  shall  be  otherwise 
specially  provided  in  the  ordinance,  or  unless  there  be 
something  in  the  subject  matter  or  context  thereof  re¬ 
pugnant  to  such  construction,  and  all  general  terms, 
provisions,  phrases  on  expressions  used  in  any  ordinance 
shall  be  liberally  construed,  in  order  that  the  true 
meaning  and  intent  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  may  be 
carried  out. 


Sec.  6.  When  in  any  ordinance  any  act  shall  be  re¬ 
quired  to  be  done  within  a  reasonable  time  or  upon 
reasonable  notice,  such  reasonable  time  or  reasonable 
notice  shall  be  deemed  to  mean  such  time  only  as  may 
be  necessary  in  the  prompt  execution  of  such  duty  or 
compliance  with  such  notice. 

Sec.  7.  All  ordinances  passed  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  the  provisions  of  which  may  be  in  contra* 
vention,  opposition,  or  shall  in  any  manner  vary  from 
the  provisions  of  any  ordinance  previously  passed  by 


CONSTRUCTIONS. 


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tlie  Board  of  Trustees,  the  ordinance  having  the  latest 
date  shall  be  in  force,  and  the  provisions  of  the  pre- 
ceeding  ordinance  conflicting  therewith  shall  be  re¬ 
pealed  without  any  repealing  clause. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


f  \  Nicholas  Slaole,  President. 

\  SEAL  f  Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


RULES  OF  ORDER 


OF  THE 

VILLAGE  OF  HILTON. 

Rule  I. 

The  President  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees.  He  shall  appoint  the  standing  and 
select  committees,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees.  He  shall  preserve  order  and 
decorum,  and  shall  decide  questions  of  order,  subject 
to  an  appeal  to  the  Board  by  any  one  member,  on 
which  appeal  no  member  shall  speak  more  than  once, 
unless  by  permission  of  the  Board. 

Rule  II. 

A  majority  of  the  Trustees  elected  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  to  do  business,  but  a  smaller  number  may 
adjourn  from  time  to  time,  and  may  compel  the  attend¬ 
ance  of  absentees  under  such  penalties  as  maybe  pre¬ 
scribed  by  ordinance. 

Rule  III. 

During  the  temporary  absence  or  disability  of  the 


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President,  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  elect  one  of  its 
members  to  act  as  President  pro  tern.,  who  during  such 
absence  or  disability  shall  possess  the  powers  of  the 
President. 

Rule  IV. 

The  President  or  any  three  Trustees  may  call  a  spe¬ 
cial  meeting  of  the  Board  in  the  manner  provided  by 
ordinance. 

Rule  V. 

The  yeas  and  nays  shall  be  taken  upon  the  passage 
of  all  ordinances  and  upon  all  propositions  to  create 
any  liabilities  against  the  village,  or  for  the  expendi¬ 
ture  or  appropriation  of  its  money,  and  in  all  other 
cases  at  the  request  of  any  member,  which  shall  be 
entered  upon  the  journal  of  its  proceedings,  and  a 
concurrence  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  elected  shall  be  necessary  to  the 
passage  of  any  such  ordinance  or  proposition.  Pro¬ 
vided,  it  shall  require  two  thirds  of  all  the  Trustees 
elect  to  sell  any  village  property. 

Rule  VI. 

Questions  not  requiring  the  yeas  and  nays  shall  be 
distinctly  put,  and  decided  in  the  usual  manner. 

Rule  VII. 

No  vote  of  the  Board  of -Trustees  shall  be  reconsid¬ 
ered  or  rescinded  at  a  special  meeting  unless  at  such 
special  meeting  there  shall  be  present  as  large  a  num¬ 
ber  of  Trustees  as  were  present  when  the  former  vote 
was  taken. 


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RULES. 


Rule  VIII. 

Any  report  of  a  committee  of  the  Board  shall  be 
deferred  for  final  action  thereon  to  the  next  regular 
meeting  of  the  Board,  after  the  report  is  made,  upon 
the  request  of  any  two  Trustees  present. 

Rule  IX. 

The  standing  committees  of  the  Board  shall  be  : 

Committee  on  Finance  and  Claims. 

Committee  on  Streets,  Sidewalks  and  Alleys. 

Committee  on  Printing. 

Committee  on  Judiciary. 

Each  committee  to  consist  of  three  members  each. 

Rule  X. 

The  unfinished  business  in  which  the  Board  was  en¬ 
gaged  at  its  last  previous  meeting  shall  be  taken  up 
first. 

Second  :  Petitions.  Before  any  petitions  or  me¬ 
morials  or  addresses  to  the.  Board  shall  be  received  and 
read  at  the  table,  whither  the  same  shall  be  introduc¬ 
ed  by  the  chairman  or  a  member,  a  brief  statement  of 
the  contents  of  the  petition,  address  or  memorial  shall 
be  made  verbally  by  the  person  introducing  the  same. 


RULES. 


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Third  :  Petitions  being  disposed  of.  Reports  first 
from  the  standing  then  from  the  select  committees 
shall  be  disposed  of. 

Fourth  :  Resolutions.  Resolutions  shall  then  be 
called  for  in  the  same  order,  and  be  disposed  of  in  the 
same  manner. 

Rule  XI. 

No  member  shall  speak  to  another  or  otherwise  in¬ 
terrupt  the  business  while  the  journal  or  public  pa¬ 
pers  are  being  read,  or  while  any  member  is  speaking 
in  debate. 

Rule  XII. 

No  resolution  for  the  appropriation  of  any  moneys 
nor  any  ordinance  shall  be  put  upon  its  final  passage 
until  it  has  been  read  at  length  twice,  nor  shall  any 
amendment  be  allowed  on  the  third  reading,  but  a 
motion  to  recommit  on  such  reading  shall  be  in  order. 
When  such  resolution  or  ordinance  is  introduced, 
it  shall  be  read  at  length.  It  may  then  be  rejected, 
laid  upon  the  table  or  postponed  indefinitely,  but  if 
no  objection  is  made,  it  shall  be  read  a  second  time 
by  its  title  ;  it  shall  then  be  in  order  to  amend  or  refer 
to  appropriate  committee.  If  amendments  are  offered 
before  reference,  the  reference  shall  include  the 
amendment  ;  all  amendments  shall  be  written  on  sep¬ 
arate  sheets  or  slips  of  paper.  Upon  report  of  com¬ 
mittee  which  may  be  made  at  the  same  meeting  by 
unnanimous  consent  of  the  board,  the  amendment,  if 
any,  shall  be  acted  on,  and  when  the  matters  in  such 
ordinance  or  resolution  are  settled,  it  shall  then  be 


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RULES. 


referred  to,  tlie  clerk  to  he  engrossed  and  shall  stand 
for  a  third  reading  which  shall  he  at  length,  and  shall 
then  he  put  upon  its  final  passage,  unless  a  motion  to 
recommit  he  put  and  carried,  or  unless  final  action  he 
deferred  under  rule  eight. 

Rule  XIII. 

Every  member  when  he  speaks,  shall  address  the 
chair,  standing  in  his  place,  and  when  he  has  finished 
he  shall  sit  down. 

Rule  XIV. 

Xo  member  shall  speak  more  than  twice  in  the 
same  meeting  on  the  same  question  in  one  debate, 
wijbhout  leave  of  the  hoard. 

Rule  XV. 

When  two  members  rise  at  the  same  time,  the  chair¬ 
man  shall  name  the  person  to  speak  ;  hut  in  all  cases 
the  member  who  shall  rise  first  and  address  the  chair 
shall  speak  first. 

Rule  XVI. 

When  a  member  shall  he  called  to  order  by  the  chair¬ 
man  or  a  member,  he  shall  sit  down  until  the  question  of 
order  is  decided  by  the  chair,  without  debate,  subject 
to  an  appeal  to  the  board,  and  upon  such  appeal  the 
yeas  and  nays  shall  be  taken  and  the  chairman  may 
call  for  the  same  of  the  board  or  any  question  of 
order. 

RULE  XVII. 

No  member  shall  absent  himself  from  the  board 


RULES. 


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without  leave  first  obtained,  and  in  case  a  quorum 
shall  not  convene,  the  members  present  are  authorized 
to  send  the  marshal  for  any  and  all  absentees  at  their 
discretion  and  at  the  expense  of  the  absent  members 
respectively,  unless  excused  by  the  Board,  when  a 
quorum  is  convened. 

Rule  XYIII. 

No  motion  shall  be  debated  until  seconded. 

Rule  XIX. 

When  a  motion  is  made  and  seconded,  it  shall  be 
reduced  to  writing,  if  desired  by  the  chairman  or  any 
member  of  the  Board,  and  shall  be  read  at  the  table 
before  it  shall  be  debated. 

Rule  XX. 

When  any  question  is  under  discussion,  no  motions 
shall  be  received  but  to  adjourn,  to  lie  on  the  table,  to 
postpone  indefinitely,  to  postpone  to  a  time  mentioned, 
to  commit  or  to  amend,  which  several  motions  shall 
have  precedence  in  the  order  of  their  arrangement : 
but  a  motion  to  adjourn  shall  always  be  in  order,  ex¬ 
cept  when  taking  a  vote.  The  motion  to  adjourn  or 
to  lie  on  the  table  shall  be  decided  without  debate. 

Rule  XXI. 

In  filling  blanks,  the  largest  sum  and  the  longest 
time  shall  be  first  put. 


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1IULES. 


RULE  XXII. 


When  a  question  lias  been  carried  in  the  affirmative 
or  negative,  it  shall  be  in  order  for  any  member  of  the 
majority  to  move  for  a  reconsideration  thereof.  Pro¬ 
vided,  said  motion  shall  be  made  at  that  or  the  next 
succeeding  meeting  of  the  Board,  and  not  at  the  next 
succeeding  meeting  unless  as  many  members  are  pre¬ 
sent  as  were  present  at  the  meeting  at  which  such  vote 
was  first  taken. 


Pule  XXIII. 


A  motion  to  lay  on  the  table  and  the  previous  ques  • 
tion  shall  be  decided  without  debate. 

Rule  XXIV. 

Xo  person  other  than  a  member  of  the  Board  shall 
personally  present  any  business  before  the  Board  with¬ 
out  permission  first  obtained. 


Rule  XXV. 


Xew  rules  may  be  made,  or  any  or  all  of  the  present 
rules  be  annulled,  changed -or  susi3ended  at  any  regu¬ 
lar  meeting  of  the  Board  at  which  three  fourths  of 
the  Trustees  elect  are  present  ;  but  the  vote  for  such 
purpose  shall  be  by  ayes  and  nays,  and  be  entered  on 
the  journal  of  proceedings. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slaole,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


VILLAGE  ORDINANCES 


OFFICIAL  BONOS. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  Official  Bonds  of  Officers  of  the 

Tillage  of  Hilton. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  the  officers  elected  or  appointed 
for  said  village  of  Plilton  shall,  before  entering  upon 
the  duties  of  their  said  offices,  give  bonds  as  required 
by  Section  four  (4)  of  Article  six  (6)  of  Chapter  twen¬ 
ty-four  (24)  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  State  of 
Illinois  of  one  thousand,  eight  hundred  and  seventy- 
four  (1874),  with  one  or  more  good  and  sufficient  sure¬ 
ties,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  their 
respective  duties  as  such  officers,  to  be  approved  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  as  fol¬ 
lows,  viz  : 

Sec.  2.  The  bond  of  the  Village  Treasurer  shall  be 
in  the  sum  of  two  thousand  dollars,  and  may  be  in- 


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BONDS. 


creased  or  diminished  at  the  commencement  of  any 
fiscal  year,  as  the  Board  of  Trustees  may  determine. 

Sec.  3.  The  bond  of  the  Village  Clerk  shall  be  in 
the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  The  bond  of  the  Village  Marshal  shall  be 
in  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  which  amount 
shall  include  the  bond  for  Pound  Master,  when  one 
person  holds  both  of  said  offices  ;  and  if  the  said  offi¬ 
ces  are  held  by  different  persons,  the  bond  of  the 
Pound  Master  shall  be  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dol¬ 
lars. 


Sec.  5.  The  Superintendent  of  Streets,  Alleys  and 
Sidewalks  shall  give  bond  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
dollars  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties. 

Sec.  6.  Each  Policeman,  elected  or  appointed,  shall 
give  bond  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars. 


Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


TIME  AID  PLACE  OF  MEETING. 


An  Ordinance  Fixing  the  Time  and  Plaee  of  Meeting  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Village  ot  Hilton,  and  Providing 
for  the  Calling  of  Special  Meetings  Thereof. 

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Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  tlie  Village  of  Hilton. 

Sec.  1.  That  the  regular  and  special  meetings  of 

the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  held  at  the  brick  school 
house  in  the  village  of  Hilton.The  regular  meetings  of  the 
Board  shall  be  held  on  W ednesday  evenings  on  or  before 
the  full  of  the  moon  in  each  month.  That  special  meet¬ 
ings  of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  the  President,  or 
any  three  Trustees,  by  leaving  a  written  or  printed  no¬ 
tice  of  the  time  of  holding  the  same,  with  the  Village 
Clerk,  who  shall  thereupon  issue  written  or  printed 
notices  of  the  time  of  holding  the  same  for  each  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  Board,  and  President,  which  notices  may  be 
served  by  leaving  the  same  at  the  residence  or  place 
of  business  of  the  President  and  Trustees  respectively, 
unless  the  same  shall  be  personally  served  on  them. 
The  services  of  such  notice  is  hereby  made  the  duty 
of  the  Village  Marshal  or  any  Policeman  of  said  vil- 


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TIME  AND  PLACE  OP  HOLDING  MEETINGS. 


lage,  who  shall  make  return  to  the  Village  Clerk  of 
how  he  shall  have  served  the  same  ;  or  the  Village 
Marshal  may  serve  a  verbal  notice  on  each  member  of 
the  Board,  when  ordered  by  the  President  to  do  so. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


j 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


FISCAL  AND  MUNICIPAL  YEAR. 

An  Ordinance  Fixing  the  Commencement  of  the  Fiscal  and 
Municipal  Year,  and  the  Expiration  of  Licenses. 

Be  it  ordained  by  tbe  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  tlie  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  the  fiscal  and  municipal  year  of 
the  Village  of  Hilton  shall  commence  on  the  first 


Sec.  2.  That  all  licenses  hereafter  granted  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  wherein  a  shorter  period  is  not 
specifically  fixed,  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  the  current 
fiscal  year.  Provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  be 
construed  to  prevent  the  Board  of  Trustees  from  fixing 
upon  a  shorter  period  for  the  expiration  of  licenses  by 
them  granted. 


Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


CREATING  CERTAIN  OFFICES. 


An  Ordinance  Creating  Certain  Offices,  and  Providing  for  Their 
Being  Filled  by  Appointment  by  the  President. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

* 

Section  1.  That  the  offices  of  Marshal,  Policeman. 
Pound  Master  and  the  office  of  Superintendent  of 
Streets,  Alleys  and  Sidewalks,  are  hereby  created  in 
said  village. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  President  of  said  village  shall 
have  power  to  appoint  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  or  a  majority  thereof,  a  Village  Mar¬ 
shal,  a  special  Policeman  when  necessary,  one  Pound 
Master,  or  Marshal  and  Pound  Master  in  one  and  the 
same  person,  and  one  Superintendent  of  Streets,  Al¬ 
leys  and  Sidewalks,  whose  respective  terms  of  office 
.shall  extend  for  the  time  specified  in  such  appoint¬ 
ment.  Provided,  that  the  term  of  office  for  any  said 
officers  shall  in  no  case  extend  beyond  the  then  fis¬ 
cal  year  in  which  said  appointment  is  made.  Provid¬ 
ed  further,  that  nothing  contained  in  the  preceding 
Section  2  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  same  per- 


CREATING  CERTAIN  OFFICES. 


son  from  holding  the  offices  of  Marshal,  Pound  Master 
and  Superintendent  of  Streets,  Alleys  and  Sidewalks, 
if  said  person  should  be  appointed  to  the  same.  Shall 
also  appoint  a  Village  Treasurer. 

Sec.  3.  The  duties  to  be  performed  by  such  officers 
so  appointed,  and  the  compensation  to  be  received  by 
them,  shall  be  fixed  by  ordinance  or  resolution  of  said 
Board  of  Trustees. 

Sec.  4.  That  such  officers  so  appointed  shall,  before 
entering  upon  the  duties  of  their  respective  office, 
take  and  subscribe  the  oath  or  affirmation  required  by 
law,  and  shall  also  execute  a  bond  with  security,  to  be 
approved  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  payable  to  the  vil¬ 
lage  of  Hilton  for  the  use  of  the  citizens  thereof,  in 
such  penal  sum  as  may  by  resolution  or  ordinance  be 
directed,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the 
duties  of  said  officers,  and  the  payment  of  all  moneys 
received  by  such  officers  according  to  the  law  and  the 
ordinances  of  said  village. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


CLAIMS. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  Claims  Against  the  Village  of 

Hilton. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  all  claims  against  the  Village  of 
Hilton  may  be  filed  with  the  Clerk  or  chairman  of 
Finance  Committee,  three  days  before  a  regular  meet¬ 
ing  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  which  bill  shall  be 
a  detailed  bill  of  items,  with  the  date  of  each  ;  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Clerk  to  deliver  such  bills  to 
the  Finance  Committee.  Nor  shall  any  such  bill  be 
allowed  at  any  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  held 
within  less  than  one  day  after  such  filing,  nor  at  a  spe¬ 
cial  meeting  of  said  Board  of  Trustees. 


Sec.  2.  That  upon  the  allowance  of  any  such  bill 
by  the  said  Board  of  Trustees,  the  Village  Clerk  shall, 
without  unreasonable  delay,  draw  an  order  upon  the 
V illage  Treasurer,  as  in  other  cases,  for  the  amount  al- 


CLAIMS. 


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lowed,  and  upon  delivery  of  said  order,  have  such  bill 
receipted  in  full,  and  shall  file  the  same  in  his  office. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


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Nicholas  Slaole,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 

VILLAGE  SEAL. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  the  Seal  ot  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  a  Seal  with  the  words  Village  of 
Hilton  shall  be  kept  by  the  Village  Clerk,  to  be  used 
by  him  on  all  papers  necessary  to  use  a  seal  by  a  cor¬ 
poration. 

Sec.  2.  Said  seal  shall  remain  in  the  custody  of  the 
Clerk  of  said  Village,  to  be  by  him  used  as  provided 
for  in  the  first  Section  of  this  Ordinance. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 

Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


OFFICIAL  DUTIES. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  Official  Duties  of  Officers  of  the 

Village  of  Hilton. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

ARTICLE  I. 

PRESIDENT. 

Section  1.  That  the  President  shall  preside  at  all 
meetings  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  shall  perform 
all  the  duties  prescribed  in  Article  II,  Chapter  twenty  - 
four  of  the  Revised  Statutes  of  Illinois,  of  eighteen 
hundred  and  seventy-four ;  and  shall  perform  such 
other  duties  not  inconsistent  with  the  general  incor¬ 
poration  law  as  may  be  pi  rescribed  by  ordinance  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  said  Village  of  Hilton. 

ARTICLE  II. 

ATTORNEYS. 

Section  1.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
of  said  Village  of  Hilton  may,  with  the  consent  of 


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OFFICERS. 


the  Trustees  or  a  majority  of  them,  employ  an  attor¬ 
ney  of  record  or  other  suitable  persons  to  assist  in  the 
prosecution  of  offenders  against  the  ordinances  of  the 
said  village  ;  and  said  attorney  or  other  person  so  em¬ 
ployed  shall  receive  for  their  services  the  usual  fees, 
to  be  paid  by  the  Village  Treasurer  from  the  moneys 
in  his  hands  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

ARTICLE  III. 

VILLAGE  CLERK. 

Section  1.  That  the  Village  Clerk  shall  attend  at 
every  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  shall 
keep  a  correct  record  of  all  the  proceedings  of  said 
Board  of  Trustees,  and  safely  keep  the  corporate  seal 
and  use  it  in  all  cases  where  necessary,  whenever  ap¬ 
plied  to  for  that  purpose.  He  shall  notify  all  commit¬ 
tees  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  their  ap¬ 
pointment  and  of  the  business  referred  to  them.  He 
shall  notify  all  judges  of  election  of  their  appoint¬ 
ment.  He  shall  prepare  orders  for  special  elections. 
He  shall,  when  needed,  prepare  bonds  or  script  for 
loans,  and  perform  all  other  duties  which  by  usage 
and  custom  devolve  upon  the  Clerk  or  Secretaries  of 
incorporated  bodies ;  and  to  facilitate  the  discharge 
of  his  duties,  he  may,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  to 
to  procure  for  said  village  such  books  and  blank  forms 
as  m ay  be  necessary  for  the  above  purpose,  and  shall 

perform  such  other  duties  as  are  hereinafter  prescribed. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  said  Village  Clerk  shall  keep  all 
the  records,  papers,  ordinances,  votes  and  proceedings 


OFFICERS.  13 

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of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  of  the  Village  of  Hilton 
during  the  recess  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  all 
returns  of  assessments  and  of  elections  of  the  village 

■  '  '  '  |  '  V  '  ,  t  .  T  ' 

officers,  and  shall  record  in  a  book  kept  for  that  pur- 

'  a"  1  •  '  ;  *  *  I  "  4  '  '  i  Jt  - 

pose,  all  ordinances  of  said  village,  and  all  appoint- 
ments  of  officers  of  said  village,  and  shall  have  all  or¬ 
dinances  published  or  posted  immediately  after  their 
passage,  and  shall  not  suffer  any  records  or  papers  or 
other  instruments  of  writing  to  be  taken  out  of  his  of¬ 
fice  by  any  other  person  than  himself,  the  President, 
the  Village  Attorney,  or  a  committee  appointed  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees  to  examine  accounts  under  a  penal¬ 
ty  of  five  dollars,  and  the  further  forfeiture  of  the 
amount  of  all  damages  that  may  accrue  by  loss  or  ob¬ 
literation  of  any  record  or  paper  of  the  said  village. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  said  Village  Clerk  shall  keep  a 
regular  account  of  debtor  and  creditor  between  the 
village  and  Village  Treasurer,  by  charging  him  with 
all  sums  received  by  him  as  exhibited  by  his  duplicate 
receipts,  and  credit  him  with  all  village  orders  paid 
by  him  and  returned  to  him  ;  also  to  keep  a  regular 
account  of  debtor  and  creditor  when  appropriations 
are  made  and  when  expenditures  are  ordered,  either 
to  the  committees  or  disbursing  agents. 

Sec.  4.  The  said  Village  Clerk  shall  index  all  or¬ 
dinances  by  their  titles,  and  shall  keep  a  list  of  all 
committees  appointed  by  tlie  Board,  and  of  the  busi¬ 
ness  respectively,  from  time  to  time  referred  to  them, 
and  shall  note  when  the  committees  report  and  the 
date  and  nature  of  their  report. 


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OFFICERS. 


Sec.  5.  That  the  said  Village  Clerk  shall  attest  all 
deeds,  contracts  and  leases  made  by  the  Board,  and  in 
conjunction  with  the  President,  sign  all  ordinances, 
bonds,  licenses  and  orders  on  the  Village  Treasurer, 
and  affix  the  seal  of  the  village  thereto,  and  perform 
such  other  duties  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees. 

Sec.  6.  The  said  Clerk  shall  procure  and  keep  a 
large  scrap  book  in  which  he  shall  file  and  preserve 
printed  and  written  slips  of  all  ordinances  passed  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  village,  together  with 
the  certificates  of  the  publisher  or  publishers  thereof. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

VILLAGE  treasurer. 

Section  1.  That  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  furnish 
to  the  Village  Treasurer  all  the  books  and  blanks  re¬ 
quisite  and  necessary  in  keeping  his  accounts  and  dis¬ 
charging  the  duties  of  his  said  office  as  required  by 
law,  and  as  provided  for  by  this  or  any  other  ordi¬ 
nance  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  which  said  books  and 
blanks  shall  appertain  to  the  office  of  Village  Treasur¬ 
er,  and  said  books  and  blanks  shall  be  the  property  of 
the  village. 

Sec.  2.  The  Village  Treasurer  shall  so  keep  his 
books  of  account  as  to  daily  and  continuously  exhibit 
the  exact  condition  of  the  finances  of  the  village,  and 
the  several  funds  and  appropriations,  so  far  as,  and  as 
the  same  shall  come  to  his  hands. 


OFFICERS. 


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Sec.  3.  He  shall  also  keep  a  separate  account  in 
said  books  of  account  of  all  moneys  received  by  him 
for  licenses,  and  also  the  money  received  by  him  on 
account  of  fines  and  penalties  collected,  showing  in 
each  the  date  of  payment  to  him,  by  whom  paid,  and 
in  case  of  licenses,  the  kind  of  license. 

Sec.  4.  To  every  person  paying  money  into  the  vil¬ 
lage  treasury,  he  shall  give  a  receipt  in  duplicate,  one 
of  which  receipts  the  person  to  whom  it  is  given  shall 
hand  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Village  of  Hilton,  in  order 
that  the  Clerk  may  charge  the  Treasurer  with  the 
amount ;  and  in  no  case  shall  any  person  be  released 
from  his  responsibility  to  the  village  for  any  money 
he  may  at  any  time  have  in  his  possession  belonging 
to  the  village,  until  he  shall  hand  over  to  the  Clerk  of 
the  village  the  Treasurer’s  receipt  for  the  same. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  Treasurer  shall  pay  out  of  the  vil¬ 
lage  treasury,  upon  orders  drawn  upon  him  by  the 
Village  Clerk  of  the  Village  of  Hilton,  which  orders 
shall  state  for  what  purpose  the  money  is  appropriat¬ 
ed,  and  from  what  fund,  and  be  signed  by  the  Presi¬ 
dent  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Village  of  Hil¬ 
ton,  and  countersigned  by  the  Village  Clerk  of  said 
village,  and  sealed  with  the  village  seal ;  and  the  or¬ 
ders  and  certificates  thus  drawn  shall  be  vouchers  for 
the  moneys  by  him  paid  out,  and  if  there  be  no  funds 
in  the  village  treasury,  the  said  Village  Treasurer  shall 
endorse  the  day  and  year  in  which  the  same  was  pre¬ 
sented,  and  all  orders  shall  be  paid  by  him  in  the  order 
in  which  they  were  presented  to  him. 


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OFFICERS. 


ARTICLE  V. 

VILLAGE  MARSHAL  AND  POLICE. 

Section  1.  The  police  force  of  the  village  of  Hil¬ 
ton  shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  President  of  said 
village,  and  shall  consist  of  the  Village  Marshal  and 
such  policemen  as  the  village  board  shall  from  time  to 
time  appoint.  Provided,  that  such  policeman  or  po¬ 
licemen,  when  so.  appointed,  shall  take  oath  and  file 
bond  in  the  same  manner  and  sum  prescribed  for  the 
Village  Marshal,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  orders  of 
the  President  of  the  Board,  and  shall  go  on  duty  only 
when  ordered  by  the  President  or  called  upon  by  the 
Village  Marshal ;  and  provided  further,  that  in  any 
emergency,  the  President  may  appoint  one  or  more 
special  policemen,  to  hold  office  until  the  next  meeting 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  at  which  time  the  President 
shall  report  his  appointments  with  his  reasons  there¬ 
for  to  the  Board  for  its  approval ;  and  it  shall  also  be 
the  duty  of  the  Marshal  and  Policemen  to  diligently 
inquire  into  and  report  all  violations  of  village  ordi¬ 
nances  in  regard  to  licensing  canvassers  and  peddlers, 
and  to  arrest  any  and  all  persons  found  violating  any 
of  the  village  ordinances. 

Sec.  2.  The  Village  Marshal  and  Policemen  shall 
execute  all  process  to  them  delivered,  in  cases  wherein 
the  Village  of  Hilton  is  plaintiff. 

Sec.  3.  The  Village  Marshal  and  Policemen  shall 
see  that  all  of  the  ordinances  of  the  Village  of  Hilton 
are  observed  and  enforced  within  the  corporate  limits 


OFFICERS. 


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of  said  village  or  territory  over  wliicli  the  village  has 
or  may  have  jurisdiction  ;  and  it  is  hereby  made  their 
duty  to  arrest,  with  or  without  warrant,  any  person 
or  persons  found  breaking  the  peace,  or  violating  any 
of  the  ordinances  of  said  village,  or  any  criminal  law 
of  the  state  of  Illinois  ;  and  to  hold  or  commit  such 
person  or  persons  for  examination,  and,  if  necessary, 
detain  such  person  or  persons  over  night  or  Sunday  in 
the  village  calaboose  until  he,  she  or  they  can  be 
brought  before  the  proper  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  examination  or  trial. 


Sec.  4.  Whenever  the  Village  Marshal  or  Police¬ 
men  shall  be  informed,  or  have  reason  to  believe,  that 
any  ordinance  of  said  village  has  been  violated,  he 
shall  make  complaint  thereof  as  by  ordinance  provid¬ 
ed  ;  which  complaint  shall  be  verified  by  affidavit. 


Sec.  5.  The  Village  Marshal  shall  attend  the  regu¬ 
lar  and  special  meetings  of  the  V illage  Trustees,  and 
shall  attend  to  the  heating  and  lighting  of  the  coun¬ 
cil  room  at  the  said  regular  and  special  meetings. 


Sec.  6.  The  Village  Marshal  and  Policemen,  when 
on  duty,  shall  each  wear  upon  their  breast,  on  the  out¬ 
side  of  their  coat  or  vest,  a  metal  star,  to  be  provided 
by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  to  be  worn  in  plain  view  ; 
and  it  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  Village  Marshal 
or  Policemen  to  attend  to  the  street  lamps,  if  any 
there  be,  and  to  clean  and  light  the  same. 


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OFFICERS. 


ARTICLE  VI. 


SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STREETS,  ETC. 


Section  1.  The  Village  Superintendent  of  Streets, 
Alleys  and  Sidewalks,  shall  have  charge  of  all  work 
done  or  directed  to  be  done  by  the  Village  Board  up¬ 
on  any  of  the  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks,  and  shall 
keep  the  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  and  crossings  in 
good  order  and  repair,  and  the  crossings  as  free  from 
mud  as  possible  ;  and  shall  perform  all  other  duties 
that  may  devolve  on  him  by  ordinance,  resolution  or 
order  from  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  Street  Committee 
of  said  village. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent 
of  Streets,  Alleys  and  Sidewalks  to  cause  all  noxious 
weeds  to  be  cut  on  all  the  streets  and  alleys  before  the 
same  shall  go  to  seed,  if  within  his  power  to  do  so, 
and  there  are  sufficient  funds  on  hand  in  the  village 
treasury  for  that  purpose. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


* 

Nicholas  Slaole,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


FEES  OF  VILLAGE  OFFICERS. 


An  Ordinance  Fixing  the  Compensation  and  Fees  of  Village 
Officers  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  the  officers  hereafter  named  shall 
he  paid  as  full  compensation  for  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  their  respective  offices  as  now  defined  by  law 
and  the  ordinance  of  said  village  as  follows,  viz: 

PRESIDENT. 

Sec.  2.  The  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
shall  receive  for  his  services  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  for 
each  and  every  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  in 
which  he  attends  and  juesides  over. 

VILLAGE  TREASURER. 

Sec.  3.  The  village  Treasurer  shall  receive,  as  and 
in  full  for  his  services  as  such  officer,  the  sum  of  four 
per  cent  of  all  money  expended  by  him  by  order  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees.  He  shall  receive  no  compen- 


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FEES. 


sation  or  commission  whatever,  nor  shall  he  receive 
any  compensation  for  the  money  paid  over  to  his  suc¬ 
cessor  in  office. 

VILLAGE  CLERK. 

Sec.  4.  The  village  Clerk  shall  receive  for  his  ser¬ 
vices  as  such,  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  and  every 
authorized  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  that  he 
attends;  the  same  to  be  paid  by  the  village  Treasurer, 
and  also  the  following  fees  to  be  collected  by  him  at 
the  time  of  performing  the  services  from  the  person 
or  persons  for  whom  the  services  are  performed,  to- 
wit:  For  each  dram  shop  license  one  dollar;  for  issu¬ 
ing  licenses  to  owners  of  carts,  drays,  wagons  or  other 
vehicle,  and  to  porters  and  runners  of  hotels  or  eating 
houses,  or  other  purposes  for  which  a  license  may  be 
required  by  the  ordinance  of  said  village,  to  be  paid 
by  the  person  for  whom  performed,  the  sum  of  fifty 
cents  each;  for  taking  bond  under  any  ordinance  re¬ 
quiring  the  same,  except  official  bonds,  the  sum  of  fif¬ 
ty  cents  each;  for  making  and  certifying  copy  of  or¬ 
dinance  or  resolution  or  other  matter  in  his  office,  ten 
cents  for  every  one  hundred  words,  and  for  attaching 
the  village  seal  thereto  the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents; 
for  regestering  and  issuing  certificates  of  registry  to 
the  owner  of  any  dog  or  other  animal  required  by  the 
ordinances  of  said  village  to  be  registered,  the  sum  of 
fifty  cents  each:  Provided  the  said  village  Clerk  shall 
not  be  entitled  to  any  of  said  fees,  when  the  services 
shall  be  performed  at  the  request  of  and  for  the  said 
village,  and  for  making  out  and  certifying  bills  and 
accounts  against  the  said  village.  And  provided  fur- 


FEES. 


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tlier,  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  village  Clerk  the 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  the  President 
pro  tem.  of  said  Board,  is  hereby  authorized  to  issue 
licenses  as  aforesaid,  register  and  issue  certificates  of 
registry  when  required,  and  he  shall  receive  the  same 
fees  therefor  as  paid  the  Clerk:  and  in  case  of  the  ab¬ 
sence  of  the  village  Clerk  from  any  regular  or  special 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  the  vacancy  shall 
be  filled  by  electing  one  of  the  Trustees  to  act  as 
Clerk  pro  tem.,  and  the  Trustee  so  acting  as  Clerk  pro 
tem.  shall  receive  from  the  village  Treasurer  the  sum 
of  fifty  cents  for  each  meeting  at  which  he  so  served. 

ATTORNEYS. 

Sec.  5.  The  village  Attorney,  or  other  person  em¬ 
ployed  by  the  village,  shall  receive  for  his  services,  to 
be  paid  out  of  the  village  treasury,  a  fee  of  five  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  suit  actually  prosecuted,  and  three  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  case  when  the  defendants  plead  guilty 
of  violating  the  village  ordinances:  Provided  where 
the  defendant  or  defendants  takes  a  change  of  venue 
and  the  cause  removed  without  the  village,  then  the 
attorney  or  other  person  shall  receive  the  sum  of  two 
dollars  additional  to  be  paid  out  of  the  village  treas¬ 
ury. 

VILLAGE  MARSHAL. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  village  Marshal  shall  receive  for 
his  services  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  per  month,  to  be 
paid  from  the  village  treasury,  as  a  monthly  salary; 
and  for  services  performed  by  him  in  the  enforcement 
of  the  village  ordinances  by  suit  or  prosecution  he 


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FEES. 


shall  receive  the  same  fees  as  are  allowed  by  the  stat¬ 
ute  of  Illinois  to  constables  for  similar  services,  to  be 
taxed  as  part  or  the  costs  in  such  such  suit  or  pro¬ 
ceeding:  Provided,  that  in  no  case  shall  the  Marshal 
be  entitled  to  said  fees  unless  the  same  are  collected 
from  the  defendant  in  the  suit.  And  provided  fur¬ 
ther,  that  the  village  Marshal  shall  attend  to  the 
cleaning  and  lighting  of  the  street  lamps  belonging 
to  or  controlled  by  said  village. 

SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STREETS,  ETC. 

Sec.  7.  The  Superintendent  of  streets,  alleys  and 
sidewalks  shall  receive  the  sum  of  two  dollars  ($2) 
per  day,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  village  treasury,  for 
each  such  day  actually  devoted  to  the  duties  of  his 
said  office,  and  he  shall  report  his  time,  with  other 
matters  pertaining  to  and  required  by  his  appoint¬ 
ment,  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  each  regular  meet¬ 
ing  of  the  Board:  Provided,  a  day’s  work  shall,  for  the 
purpose  of  this  ordinance,  be  ten  (10)  hours  and  at 
that  rate  for  a  fraction  of  a  day. 

POLICEMEN. 

Sec.  8.  Each  Policeman  appointed  in  pursuance  of 
any  ordinance  of  said  village  shall  receive  a  salary  of 
one  dollar  and  fifty  ($1.50)  £>er  day  or  fraction  of  a 
day,  to  be  paid  from  the  village  treasury,  and  for  ser¬ 
vices  performed  by  him  as  an  officer  in  any  suit  for 
the  violation  of  any  of  the  village  ordinances,  he  shall 
receive  the  same  fees  as  allowed  by  the  statute  of  Illi¬ 
nois  for  similar  services  rendered  by  constables,  to  be 


FEES. 


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taxed  as  costs  in  the  suit:  Provided,  that  in  no  case 
shall  such  policeman  receive  such  fees  unless  the  same 
be  collected  from  the  defendant  in  the  suit. 

)[>■  i-  TRUSTEES. 

».*  .  ^  J  1  h  3  t  ,  ••  '7.  t  ; 

Sec.  9.  Each  trustee  of  said  village  shall  receive 
as  a  salary  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  for  each  regular  and 
special  meeting  of  the  village  Board  he  attends,  to  be 
paid  from  the  village  treasury,  which  sum  shall  be  in 
full  for  his  services  as  such  officer:  Provided,  the 
Board  of  Trustees  may  in  their  discretion  allow  and 
pay,  from  the  village  treasury,  a  reasonable  compen¬ 
sation  to  committee  men  for  their  services. 

POLICE  MAGISTRATES  AND  JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE. 

Sec.  10.  The  Police  Magistrate,  or  any  Justice  of 
the  Peace,  before  whom  actions  are  tried  for  the  vio¬ 
lation  of  any  of  the  village  ordinances  shall  recover 
the  same  costs  that  are  fixed  by  the  statutes  of  Illi¬ 
nois  for  the  services  of  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  similar 
cases,  and  in  cases  where  the  defendant  has  been  ac¬ 
quitted,  or  in  cases  where  the  costs  cannot  be  collect¬ 
ed  from  the  defendant  when  convicted,  the  Magistrate 
or  Justice  of  the  Peace  may  present  to  the  Board  of 
Trustees  at  any  regular  meeting  thereof,  a  transcript 
from  his  docket  showing  the  costs  accrued  to  him  in 
such  cases,  which  bill  the  village  must  pay  if  in  all 
things  found  correct  and  regular. 

Sec.  11.  Whenever  by  this  ordinance  salaries  are  to 
be  paid  out  of  the  village  treasury,  the  same  may  be 


FEES. 


M 

paid  out  in  equal  monthly  payments  during  the  time 
pf  so  holding  such  offices  respectively. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


SPIRITUOUS  AND  MALT  LIQUORS. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  the  Tending,  by  Retail,  of  Spirit¬ 
uous,  Yinous,  Malt  or  Intoxicating  Liquors. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per¬ 
son  or  persons  within  the  limits  of  the  village  of 
Hilton,  or  within  the  limits  over  which  the  jurisdic¬ 
tion  of  said  village  shall  extend,  either  by  himself, 
herself,  themselves  or  another,  as  principal  or  clerk,  ser¬ 
vant  or  agent,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  sell  or  give 
away  any  intoxicating,  malt,  spirituous,  vinous,  mixed 
or  femented  liquors  in  less  quantities  than  one  gallon, 
or  to  keep  what  is  termed  by  the  laws  of  the  state  of 
Illinois  a  “dram  shop,”  without  having  obtained  a  li¬ 
cense  so  to  do  as  hereinafter  provided.  Any  and  all 
persons  violating  the  provisions  of  this  section,  either 
as  principal  or  agent,  clerk  or  servant  as  aforesaid, 
shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per¬ 
sons,  who  may  obtain  a  license  under  this  ordinance 


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to  keep  in  the  village  of  Hilton  wliat  is  termed  by 
the  laws  of  the  state  of  Illinois  a  “dram  shop,”  to  al¬ 
low  either  by  himself,  herself,  agent,  clerk  or  servant, 
his,  her  or  their  “dram  shop”  to  be  open  on  the  Sab¬ 
bath  day,  or  any  general  or  special  election  day,  or  to 
suffer  or  permit  any  persons  to  frequent  the  same,  or 
drink  therein,  or  about  the  same,  any  of  the  liquors 
named  in  the  first  section  hereof,  or  sell  or  give  away 
any  of  said  liquors  on  the  Sabbath  day,  or  on  any 
general  or  special  election  day. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons,  who  may  obtain  a  license  under  this  ordi¬ 
nance  to  keep  in  said  village  of  Hilton  a  legal  “dram 
shop,”  to  allow  either  by  himself,  herself,  agent  or 
servant,  his  or  their  “dram  shop”  to  be  open  after  elev¬ 
en  o’clock  at  night  or  before  four  o’clock  in  the  morn¬ 
ing  of  any  day. 

Sec.  4.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
or  persons  who  may  obtain  a  license  under  this  ordi¬ 
nance  to  keep  in  said  village  of  Hilton  a  legal  “dram 
shop”  to  allow  either  by  himself,  herself,  agent  or  ser¬ 
vant,  in  or  about  his,  her  or  their  “dram  shop,”  gam¬ 
bling  of  any  kind,  or  riotous,  indecent  or  offensive 
language  or  conduct. 

Sec.  5.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons,  who  may  obtain  a  license  under  this  ordi¬ 
nance  to  keep  a  legal  “dram  shop”  in  said  village,  to 
allow  or  permit,  either  by  himself,  herself,  agent  or 
servant,  any  minor  to  frequent  or  remain  at  or  to  play 
any  game  whatever  in  or  about  the  premises  occupied 


DRAM  SHOPS. 


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by  him,  or  her,  or  them,  as  a  “dram  shop 
and  a  faithful  observance  of  this  section 

shall  be  a  condition  in  all  “dram  shop”  licenses  here¬ 
inafter  issued  by  said  village. 

Sec.  6.  That  any  person  or  persons,  who  shall,  eith¬ 
er  by  himself,  herself,  agent  or  servant,  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  sections  two,  three,  four  and  five  of 
this  ordinance,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense,  and  the  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  be¬ 
fore  whom  such  conviction  is  had,  shall  enter  up  as 
part  of  the  judgment  a  forfeiture  of  the  license  held 
by  the  person  convicted,  and  such  convicted  person 
shall  not  again  be  licensed  by  the  said  village  of  Hil¬ 
ton  to  sell  intoxicating  liquors  for  the  term  of  the 
then  fiscal  year. 

Sec.  7.  That  whoever,  by  himself,  herself,  agent  or 
servant,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  shall  sell  or  give 
away  any  intoxicating,  malt,  spiritous,  vinous,  mixed 
or  fermented  liquors  to  any  minor  without  the  writ¬ 
ten  order  of  their  parents  or  guardian,  or  family  phy¬ 
sician,  or  to  any  person  who  is  intoxicated,  or  who  is 
in  the  habit  of  getting  intoxicated,  or  who  shall  allow 
either  by  himself,  herself,  agent  or  servant  or  clerk, 
his  or  her  house,  or  place  of  business,  wherein  any  of 
the  liquors  named  in  Section  one  (1)  are  sold  or  given 


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DRAM  SHOPS. 


away,  to  be  kept  open  on  tbe  Sabbath  day,  or  general 
or  special  election  day,  or  any  minor  to  frequent  the 
same  or  remain  at  the  same  or  to  play  at  any  game  of 
any  kind  therein  or  at  any  time,  or  allow  any  of  the 
liquors  in  this  section  to  be  sold  or  given  away  on  the 
Sabbath  day,  or  on  any  general  and  special  election 
day,  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  twenty  or  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  the  Magis¬ 
trate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  before  whom  said  con¬ 
viction  is  had,  shall  enter  up  as  part  of  the  judgment, 
if  the  person  convicted  have  a  license  to  keep  a  “dram 
shop,”  a  forfeiture  of  such  license,  and  the  person  so 
convicted  shall  not  again  be  licensed  to  sell  liquors 
in  said  village  during  the  then  fiscal  year. 

Sec.  8.  That  license  may  be  granted  to  keep  in 
said  village  a  legal  “dram  shop”  in  which  spiritous, 
vinous,  malt  and  fermented  liquors,  or  beer  only,  may 
be  retailed  in  less  quantities  that  one  gallon,  which 
license  be  granted  only  upon  the  following  conditions: 

1st.  Said  license  shall  be  for  a  term  expiring  with¬ 
in  the  current  municipal  year,  and  at  the  rate  of  five 
hundred  dollars  per  year  in  advance,  payable  quarter¬ 
ly  at  the  option  of  the  licensee. 

2d.  No  license  shall  be  granted  by  said  village 
under  this  ordinance,  unless  the  person  or  persons  de¬ 
siring  the  same  shall  first  file  with  the  village  Clerk 
his  application  in  writing,  setting  forth 
the  lot,  building,  room,  or  place  intend¬ 
ed  to  be  occupied  by  him,  her  or  them,  and  the 


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receipt  of  the  village  Treasurer  for  the  money  neces¬ 
sary  to  procure  such  license,  and  shall  execute  a  bond 
with  one  or  more  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  in  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dol¬ 
lars,  payable  to  the  people  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  for 
the  faithful  observance  of  the  law  of  Illinois,  known 
as  the  “dram  shop”  law,  and  also^a  bond  of  five  hun¬ 
dred  dollars,  payable  to  the  village  of  Hilton,  with 
like  security  for  the  faithful  observance  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance.  The  Board  of  Trustees  may  grant  or  reject 
any  or  all  applications  for  a  license  for  sufficient 
cause,  but  in  case  of  rejection  of  the  license,  the  mon¬ 
ey  paid  shall  be  refunded  to  the  applicant. 

3d.  If  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  vote  to  approve 
the  bond  offered,  and  grant  a  license  to  the  applicant, 
the  village  Clerk  shall  enter  their  action  upon  the 
record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
and  prepare  a  license  to  keep  a  “dram  shop”  to  be 
signed  by  the  President  and  Clerk,  and  to  be  sealed 
by  the  village  seal,  and  shall  issue  to  the  applicant, 
who  shall  thereupon  pay  to  the  village  Clerk  the  fees 
allowed  him  by  ordinance. 

4tli.  Said  license  shall  state  the  time  for  which  it 
is  granted,  the  name  of  the  person  or  persons  for 
whom  it  is  granted,  the  house  or  place  that  is  intend¬ 
ed  to  be  occupied,  and  shall  contain  a  condition  that 
a  violation  of  this  ordinance,  by  the  person  or  persons 
to  whom  the  license  is  granted,  shall  cause  an  imme¬ 
diate  forfeiture  of  all  rights  and  privileges  granted  by 
said  license,  which  shall,  from  and  after  the  convic¬ 
tion  of  the  party  or  parties,  or  either  of  them,  if  the 


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DRAM  SHOPS. 


license  is  granted  to  more  than  one,  be  absolutely 
void,  and  the  licensee  shall  thereafter  be  alike  liable 
as  though  no  license  had  ever  been  granted. 

5th.  Such  license  shall  not  be  transferable  and 
shall  not  authorize  the  party  to  whom  granted  to  keep 
a  “dram  shop”  at  more  than  one  place  under  one  li 
cense. 

Sec.  9.  That  all  persons  taking  out  license  under 
this  ordinance,  shall  be  subject  to  and  governed  by 
the  ordinances  of  the  village  of  Hilton  now  in  force, 
or  that  may  hereafter  be  in  force,  and  no  person  shall 
be  deemed  to  be  duly  licensed  to  sell  any  of  the  li¬ 
quors  named  in  the  first  section  of  this  ordinance, 
either  by  himself,  herself,  agent,  clerk  of  servant,  un¬ 
less  he,  she  or  they  have  actually  paid  the  amount 
due  for  said  license,  and  unless  said  license  has  been 
actually  issued  and  delivered  to  him,  her  or  them. 

Sec.  10.  The  village  Marshal,  Policeman  or  other 
officers  of  the  village  shall  have  the  right  to  enter  any 
licensed  “dram  shop”  or  place  where  liquor  is  lawfully 
sold,  whenever  such  place  or  “dram  shop”  is  open,  and 
if  any  person  or  persons  licensed  by  the  village  Board 
shall  refuse  to  permit  such  person  to  enter  his,  her  or 
their  “dram  shop”  or  place  of  business,  whenever  the 
same  is  open,  he,  she  or  they  shall  be  fined  not  less 
than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol¬ 
lars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  11.  The  giving  away  of  intoxicating  liquors, 
or  other  shift  or  device  to  evade  the  provisions  of  this 


DRAM  SHOPS. 


31 


ordinance,  shall  be  held  to  be  an  unlawful  selling 
within  the  meaning  of  this  ordinance. 


Sec.  12.  All  rooms,  taverns,  eating  houses,  restau¬ 
rants,  groceries,  drug  stores,  coffee  houses  or  other 
places  of  public  resort  where  intoxicating  liquors  of 
any  kind  or  nature,  are  sold  in  violation  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  shall  be  deemed  a  public  nuisance,  and  who 
ever  keeps  any  such  place,  by  himself,  herself,  or  ser¬ 
vant,  shall,  for  each  offence,  be  fined  not  less  than 

■  >  1  i  ■■  •  j  *  ' 

twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars, 
and  it  shall  be  part  of  the  judgment,  upon  conviction 
of  the  keeper,  that  the  place  so  kept  shall  be  shut  up 
and  abated  until  the  keeper  thereof  shall  give  bond, 
with  sufficient  security,  to  be  approved  by  the  court 
before  whom  the  conviction  is  had,  in  the  penal  sum 
of  one  thousand  dollars,  payable  to  the  people  of  the 
state  of  Illinois,  conditioned  that  he  or  she  will  not 
sell  intoxicating  liquors  contrary  to  law  and  the  ordi¬ 
nances  of  said  village,  and  will  pay  all  fines  and  costs 
assessed  against  him,  her  or  them,  for  any  violation  of 
the  ordinances  of  the  village  of  Hilton. 


Sec.  13.  Permits  may  be  granted  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  village  of  Hilton  to  druggists  to  sell 
intoxicating  liquors  within  the  limits  of  said  village, 
for  medical,  mechanical,  sacramental  or  chemical  pur¬ 
poses  only;  applicant  to  pay  for  said  permit  at  the  rate 
of  twenty  dollars  per  annum,  said  permits  to  be  signed 
by  the  President  and  village  Clerk,  but  not  to  run 
longer  than  the  current  municipal  year,  to  be  granted 
only  on  the  written  application  of  the  person  or  per¬ 
sons  desiring  such  permit,  which  application  shall  be 


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place  intended  to  sell  at;  for  the  purpose  contemplated 
in  tliis  section,  such  application  shall  be  passed  upon 
by  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  may  be  granted  or  re¬ 
fused,  and  the  action  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  on  such 
application  shall  be  entered  up  on  the  record  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  by  the  village 
Clerk.  Such  permits,  when  issued,  shall  contain  a 
condition  that  any  violation  of  this  ordinance,  or  any 
other  ordinance  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  which  may 
hereafter,  be  in  force  applicable  to  the  subject  of  this 
ordinance,  by  the  person  or  persons  to  whom  the  per¬ 
mit  is  granted,  shall  cause  an  immediate  forfeiture  of 
rights  and  privileges  granted  by  said  permit,  and  shall, 
from  and  after  conviction  for  the  violation  of  this  or 
any  other  ordinances  of  the  village  oij.  the  same  subject 
matter,  be  absolutely  void.  The  village  Clerk  shall  be 
entitled  to  the  same  fee  for  issuing  permit  as  for  a  li¬ 
cense  to  keep  a  “dram  shop.” 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


MISDEMEANORS.  NUISANCES  and  POLICE. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  Certain  Misdemeanors,  Nuisances 

and  Police  Regulations  of  the  Tillage  of  Hilton. 

* 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall  with¬ 
in  the  village  of  Hilton,  maliciously  or  wilfully,  dis¬ 
turb  the  peace  or  quiet  of  any  street,  avenue,  lane,  al¬ 
ley  or  neighborhood,  or  of  any  family  or  person,  by 
loud  or  unusual  noises,  by  blowing  horns,  trumpets  or 
instruments,  or  engines,  by  the  beating  of  drums, 
tamborines,  kettles,  pans  or  other  sounding  vessels,  or 
by  loud  and  bolstering  laughing,  singing,  bellowing, 
howling  or  screaming,  by  using  or  uttering  obscene 
language  or  conversation,  by  making  false  alarms  by 
crying  fire,  or  by  any  other  device  or  means  whatso¬ 
ever  so  as  to  disturb  the  peace,  or  shall  be  guilty  of 
tumultuous  or  offensive  carriage  by  swearing,  threat¬ 
ening,  quarreling,  scolding,  hallooing,  cursing,  chal¬ 
lenging,  assaulting,  striking  or  fighting,  under  any 
pretence  whatever,  every  such  offender  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  breach  of  this  ordinance,  and,  up¬ 
on  conviction  thereof,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not  less 


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than  one  dollar  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
and  costs  of  suit  for  each  and  every  offense  convicted 
of. 

Section  2.  Any  person  or  persons  permit¬ 
ting  any  disturbance  as  described  in  the  fore¬ 
going  section,  upon  any  premises  owned,  occu¬ 
pied,  or  possessed  by  him  *  or  her,  shall,  up¬ 
on  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum 
of  ten  dollars  ($10.00)  for  the  first  offense, 
and  fifty  dollars  ($50.00)  for  each  subsequent  of¬ 
fense. 

Section  3.  If  any  person  shall  be  present 
at  any  dog  fight,  where  animals  meet  accidently, 
and  shall,  by  any  gesture  or  word  of  encourage¬ 
ment,  set  their  dogs  to  fighting,  he  or  they  shall, 
upon  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  not  less 
than  one  dollar  ($1.00)  nor  more  than  twenty- 
five  dollars  ($25.00)  and  costs  of  suit  for  each  of¬ 
fense. 

Sec.  4.  Every  person  found  drunk  or  intoxicated 
in  any  street,  alley  or  public  place  in  the  village  of 
Hilton,  or  in  any  private  place  or  house,  without  the 
assent  of  the  occupant,  or  found  asleep  in  any  such 
place,  on  conviction  thereof  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not 


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less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars 
and  costs  of  suit  for  each  offense,  and  whenever  such 
person  shall  he  arrested  while  intoxicated,  he  may  be 
placed  in  the  calaboose,  or  other  place  of  confinement 
in  the  village,  there  to  remain  until  he,  she  or  they 
become  sober,  when  he,  she  or  they  shall  be  dealt  with 
according  to  the  ordinance  of  said  village. 

Sec.  5.  Whoever  shall,  within  the  limits  of  the  vil¬ 
lage  of  Hilton,  disquiet  or  disturb  any  congregation 
or  assembly  met  for  religious  worship,  by  making  a 
noise,  or  by  any  rude,  indecent  or  ungentlemanly  be¬ 
havior,  or  profane  discourse,  within  their  place  of 
worship,  or  so  near  to  the  same  as  to  disturb  the  order 
or  solemnity  of  the  meeting,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  any  sum  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor 
more  than  one  hundred  dollars  and  costs  of  suit  for 
each  and  every  offense. 

Sec.  6.  Whoever  shall,  in  the  village  of  Hilton, 
disturb  or  disquiet  any  lawful  assembly  or  association 
of  people,  by  rude  and  indecent  behavior,  or  other¬ 
wise,  shall,  upon  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  not  less 
than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  with  costs 
of  suit  for  each  offense. 


Sec.  7.  If  any  person,  for  the  purpose  of  bathing 


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or  otherwise,  shall,  by  divesting*  themselves  of  his  or 
her  apparel  or  otherwise  expose  his  or  her  naked  per¬ 
son  within  the  limits  of  the  said  village,  he,  she  or 
they  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay 
not  less  than  three  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
for  each  offense,  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  8.  Whoever  shall,  within  the  limits  of  said 
village,  appear  in  any  public  place,  in  a  state  of  nudi¬ 
ty  or  in  a  dress  not  belonging  to  his  or  her  sex,  or  in 
any  indecent  or  lewd  dress,  or  shall  make  an  indecent 
exposure  of  his  or  her  person,  or  be  guilty  of  any  in¬ 
decent  or  lewd  acts  or  behavior,  or  shall  exhibit,  sell 
or  offer  to  sell,  or  dispose  of  in  any  manner,  any  indecent 
or  lewd  book  or  picture,  or  other  thing,  or  shall  exhib¬ 
it  or  perform  any  indecent,  immoral  or  lewd  play  or 
other  representation,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars  and  costs  of  suit  for  each  and 
every  offense. 

Sec.  9.  Whoever  shall,  within  the  limits  of  the 
village  of  Hilton,  set  up  or  keep  any  gaming  house, 
table,  room,  booth,  yard,  car,  or  place  wdiatsoever,  or 
any  gambling  device,  either  by  himself,  herself,  or 
themselves,  clerks,  servants  or  agents,  at  which  any 
game  of  chance  shall  be  played  for  money  or  other 
property,  or  shall  suffer  such  house,  table,  room, 
booth,  alley,  yard  or  place  or  gambling  device  at 
which  any  game  of  chance  is  played  to  be  set  up  or 
used  about  any  tenement  in  his,  her  or  their  posses¬ 
sion,  or  under  his,  her  or  their  control,  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  gain  or  profit,  or  shall  permit  persons  to  gam- 


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ble  in,  or  play  at  or  upon  any  such  house,  table,  room, 
alley,  booth,  yard,  place  or  gambling  device,  shall,  up¬ 
on  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  fif¬ 
ty  dollars  for  every  offense  on  each  and  every  game  of 
chance  played  in  or  upon  any  such  house,  table,  room, 
booth,  yard,  alley,  place  or  gaming  device,  and  all 
such  gambling  instruments  shall  be  seized  and  de¬ 
stroyed. 

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Sec.  10.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person,  in 
said  village  of  Hilton,  to  perform  or  play  any  trick 
or  sleight-of-hand  or  anything  of  like  nature  with 
cards, dice, balls, thimbles, figures,  numbers  or  characters, 
or  with  any  dishonest  or  fraudulent  instrument,  ap¬ 
paratus  or  thing,  where  persons  are  induced  to  bet, 
loan,  deposit  or  stake  money  or  other  property  upon 
the  result  of  such  tricks,  or  the  turning  or  placing 
of  any  such  instrument  or  apparatus,  or  by  any  per¬ 
son.  nor  to  sell  or  dispose  of  any  lottery  tickets,  fig¬ 
ures,  numbers  or  characters,  for  any  prize,  gift,  pres¬ 
ent,  gift  enterprise,  gift  distribution,  or  for  anything 
of  like  name  or  nature,  where  money  or  other  proper¬ 
ty  is  directly  or  indirectly  pledged  or  paid  for  a 
share  or  chance  in  such  game,  gift,  present  or  enter¬ 
prise.  and  any  person  or  persons  convicted  of  any  of¬ 
fense  under  this  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  forfeit 
and  pay  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each  offense. 


Sec.  11.  No  person  or  persons  shall,  within  the 
limits  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  fire  or  discharge  any 
cannon,  musket,  rifle,  fowling  piece,  anvil,  or  other  fire 
arms,  or  air  gun,  except  it  is  done  in  case  of  necessity 


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or  in  the  performance  of  a  public  act  or  lawful  duty, 
nor  shall  any  person  or  persons  discharge  or  set  off 
any  fire  crackers,  rockets,  torpedoes,  squibs,  or  other 
fire  works  in  said  village,  or  make  or  kindle  any  fires 
in  any  of  the  streets,  lanes,  avenues,  alleys  or  public 
grounds  of  said  village  without  permission  first  ob¬ 
tained  from  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
and  any  person  or  persons  violating  this  section  of 
this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  forfeit 
and  pay  the  sum  of  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more 
than  twenty -five  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each  and 
every  offense. 

Sec.  12.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or 
persons,  in  said  village  of  Hilton,  to  hitch,  tie  or  fas¬ 
ten  any  horse,  mule  or  other  animal  to  any  shade  tree 
or  ornamental  tree,  or  the  boxing  or  railing  around 
the  same,  which  may  be  standing  or  growing  upon  any 
street,  sidewalk  or  public  square  or  public  grounds  of 
the  village,  nor  to  hitch,  tie  or  fasten  any  horse,  mule 
or  other  animal  to  the  fences  around  any  public 
square  or  other  public  grounds  of  said  village,  nor  to 
cut,  deface,  destroy  or  in  any  manner  injure  any  fence 
or  shade  trees  in  the  streets,  alleys  or  public  grounds, 
or  to  turn  any  cattle,  horses,  or  other  animals  upon 
the  same.  Any  person  or  persons  violating  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each  and 
every  offense. 

Sec.  13.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  negli¬ 
gently,  wilfully  or  maliciously  break  or  destroy  any 


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property  of  the  said  village  of  Hilton  shall,  upon  con¬ 
viction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not  less  than 
five  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  dollars  with 
costs  of  suit  for  each  and  every  article  broken  or  de- 
stroved. 

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Sec.  14.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  place,  fasten,  or 
leave  standing  any  horse,  mare,  gelding,  ox,  mule  or 
ass  on  any  paved  or  improved  sidewalk  in  said  village, 
or  to  leave  standing  unfastened  therein  any  of  the  an¬ 
imals  aforesaid,  or  any  team  of  either,  in  harness  or 
attached  to  any  wagon,  sled,  carriage,  dray,  cart,  or 
other  vehicle,  so  that  the  same  may  be  liable  to  run 
away,  or  to  cause,  suffer  or  allow  any  of  the  same  to 
pass  through  any  street  or  alley  or  other  public  place 
without  a  suitable  driver,  or  to  ride  or  drive  any  of  the 
aforesaid  animals  violently  through  or  along  any 
street,  alley,  or  public  place  in  said  village  so  as  to 
endanger  the  safety  of  any  person,  or  to  suffer  any  of 
the  animals  as  aforesaid  to  travel  or  run  faster  than 
an  ordinary  or  moderate  trot  or  pace  in,  upon  or  over 
any  street,  alley  or  public  place  in  said  village,  or  for 
the  driver  of  any  team  to  stop  the  same  in  any  street, 
lane,  alley  or  other  public  place,  in  such  a  manner  as 
to  prevent  other  teams  from  passing  at  all  times,  ex¬ 
cept  in  cases  of  absolute  necessity,  or  for  the  driver  of 
any  team  to  stop  the  same  at  the  regular  crossings  of 
the  streets  so  as  to  prevent  free  passage  for  foot  pas¬ 
sengers.  Every  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  upon  con¬ 
viction,  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  not  less  than  two  dol¬ 
lars  nor  more  than  twenty -five  dollars  with  costs  of 
suit  for  each  and  every  offense. 


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Section  15.  Any  person  who  shall  be  guilty 
of  an  indecent  exhibition  of  any  horse  or  other  animal 
upon  the  streets  or  alleys  in  said  village  shall,  upon 
conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  the  sum  of  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  and 
costs  of  suit  for  each  and  every  offense. 

Sec.  16.  No  person  shall  place,  or  having  placed 
shall  suffer  to  remain  upon  any  street,  alley,  sidewalk 
or  public  ground,  within  said  village,  any  lumber, 
wood,  coal,  ashes,  lime,  earth,  manure,  filth,  rubbish, 
trash  or  any  other  article  or  commodity  which  may  in 
any  wise  occupy,  obstruct  or  encumber  any  of  said 
streets,  alleys,  sidewalks,  or  public  grounds,  or  any 
part  thereof,  nor  shall  any  person  or  persons,  by  dig¬ 
ging,  plowing  or  otherwise,  make  or  cause  to  be  made 
any  hole,  pit,  ditch  or  other  excavations  in  any  of  said 
streets,  alleys,  sidewalks,  lands  or  public  grounds 
without  permission  from  the  Board  of  Trustees;  and 
any  person  or  persons  so  offending  shall,  upon  ccnvic 
tion  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not  less  than 
one  dollar  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  with  cost  of  suit 
for  each  and  every  offense:  Provided,  that  when  any 
person  or  persons  shall  be  about  to  build  or  repair 
any  house  or  other  building  or  improvement  in  said 
village,  and  shall  not  have  sufficient  ground  con¬ 
venient  to  place  the  necessary  material  upon  for  such 
building  or  improvement,  such  material  may  be  put 
on  the  nearest  part  of  the  street  or  alley  in  such  a 
manner  as  to  occupy  the  least  room,  and  so  as  not  to 
encumber,  occupy  or  obstruct  at  any  time  more  than 
one  third  of  such  street,  or  one  half  of  such  alley  on 
which  such  house  or  other  improvements  may  abutt. 


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Provided,  further,  that  all  such  material  and  every 
part  thereof  shall  be  removed  as  soon  as  the  same 
shall  cease  to  be  needed  or  used  in  the  construction 
of  such  building  or  improvement,  or  may  be  removed 
at  any  time  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  village  Board 
of  Trustees,  it  is  thought  necessary  to  do  so,  or  when 
the  same  has  remained  there  a  reasonable  time,  and 
any  person  refusing  or  neglecting  to  remove  the  same 
when  notified  by  the  President  or  Board  of  Trustees 
shall,  on  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not  less 
than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars, 
with  costs  of  suit  for  each  and  every  offense. 

Sec.  17.  That  if  any  person  shall  erect,  build,  place, 
or  construct,  or  cause,  or  procure  to  be  erected,  built, 
placed  or  constructed, or  suffer  to  remain  if  already  built, 
placed  or  constructed  after  the  publishing  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  upon  any  street,  lane,  avenue,  alleys,  sidewalk, 
or  public  ground,  of  said  village,  any  house,  cellar, 
stable,  shed,  pen,  fence,  wall  foundation,  or  other 
structure  whatever,  except  in  the  manner  provided  by 
the  ordinances  of  said  village,  the  same  shall  be  deem¬ 
ed  and  defined  and  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nui¬ 
sance,  and  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  violate  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction, 
forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than 
one  hundred  dollars,  and  the  further  sum  of  ten  dol¬ 
lars  for  every  twenty-four  hours  he  shall  permit  or 
suffer  any  such  nuisance  to  remain  upon  any  such 
street,  avenue,  alley,  sidewalk  or  public  grounds  after 
his  first  conviction:  Provided,  this  section  shall  not 
apply  to  awnings  placed  in  front  of  stores  or  houses, 
provided  the  same  are  properly  constructed  and  plac- 


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ed,  and  not  less  than  eight  feet  from  the  ground  at 
the  lowest  point,  and  provided  further,  that  this  sec¬ 
tion  shall  not  apply  to  streets  and  alleys  that  have  not 
been  0£>ened  and  named  for  at  least  one  year. 

Sec.  18.  Any  person  who  shall  leave  open,  uncov¬ 
ered  or  unguarded,  any  cellar  door,  pit,  vault,  or  other 
subterraneous  opening,  leading  from,  into  or  upon  any 
street,  alley,  or  sidewalk,  in  the  village  of  Hilton, 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  not  less 
than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
with  costs  of  suit,  and  also  be  liable  for  any  injury 
caused  by  such  neglect. 

Sec.  19.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
or  persons  willfully,  maliciously  or  negligently  to  cut, 
deface,  impair,  pull  down  or  break  down  any  lamp 
post,  bracket  or  lamp,  or  to  hitch,  fasten  or  tie  any 
horse  or  other  animals  to  any  lamp  post  on  any  street, 
alley,  sidewalk  or  other  public  place  within  and  be¬ 
longing  to  the  village  of  Hilton.  Nor  shall  it  be 
lawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  extinguish  or  put 
out  any  lamp  belonging  to  said  village  without  au¬ 
thority  to  do  so  from  the  President  or  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  said  village.  Any  person  guilty  of  a  breach 
of  this  section  shall,  upon  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay 
not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
for  each  and  every  offense  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  20.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  per¬ 
sons,  in  said  village,  to  inhumanly  or  cruelly  beat,  in¬ 
jure,  overload,  overwork,  insufficiently  shelter,  poorly 
feed,  turn  out  to  die,  or  in  any  manner  to  abuse  any 


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dumb  animal,  and  every  person  violating  this  section 
shall,  on  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than 
three  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  with 
costs  of  suit  for  each  offense,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  village  Marshal  to  strictly  enforce  this  section, 
and  any  omission  on  his  part  to  do  so  will  cause  a  for¬ 
feiture  of  one  month’s  pay  for  each  time  he  neglects 
to  do  so. 

Sec.  21.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons,  in  said  village,  to  stick,  paste,  put  up  or 
place  upon  or  against  any  building, tenement, fence, wall, 
lamp  post  or  other  place,  any  hand  bill,  show  bill,  pic¬ 
ture  or  representation,  unless  done  by  consent  of  the 
owner  or  occupant  of  such  building,  tenement,  fence, 
wall,  or  other  place,  nor  shall  it  be  lawful  for  any  per¬ 
son,  in  said  village,  to  stick,  paste  up,  or  place,  or 
cause  to  be  put  up,  or  placed  upon  or  against  any 
wall,  fence,  building,  tenement  or  other  place,  in  said 
village,  any  gross,  indecent  or  lewd  written  or  printed 
advertisement,  hand  bill,  or  notice  of  professional  skill, 
or  remedies  for  the  cure  of  “secret  diseases,”  and  any 
person  or  persons  violating  this  section  shall,  on  con¬ 
viction,  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor 
more  than  fifty  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each 
offense. 

Sec.  22.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or 
persons,  in  said  village,  to  write,  print  or  paint  with 
chalk,  ink,  paint  or  other  material,  any  obscene  words, 
language,  or  expression  upon  any  building,  tenement, 
fence,  wall,  sidewalk,  or  other  place,  nor  to  draw  or 
paint  on  the  same  any  figures,  pictures,  representa- 


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tions,  or  other  thing  of  an  immodest  or  vulgar  charac¬ 
ter.  Every  person  convicted  of  a  violation  of  this  sec¬ 
tion  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  five  dollars 
nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each 
offense. 

Sec.  23.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or 
persons,  in  said  village,  to  congregate  about  or  upon 
any  stairway,  doorway,  window,  or  in  front  of  any 
business  or  dwelling  house,  theatre,  lecture  room, 
church  or  elsewhere,  and  by  so  doing  obstruct  or  in¬ 
terfere  with  the  free  passage  of  persons  entering,  de¬ 
parting  from  or  occupying  any  such  building  or  prem¬ 
ises,  or  their  language,  conversation  or  conduct  annoy, 
insult  or  disturb  persons  passing  along  the  streets  or 
alleys,  or  occupying,  residing  or  doing  business  in  any 
of  said  houses  or  places,  or  seeking  ingress  to  or 
egress  from  the  same,  and  every  person  violating  this 
section  shall,  upon  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  not  less 
than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  with  costs 
of  suit  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  24.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  in 
said  village  at  any  time  to  kill,  trap,  net,  ensnare,  de¬ 
stroy  or  torture  any  robin,  blue  bird,  swallow,  martin, 
mosquito  hawk,  cuckoo,  woodpecker,  cat  bird,  brown 
thresher,  red  bird,  hanging  bird,  wren,  humming  bird, 
dove,  gold  finch,  mocking  bird,  blue  jay,  finch,  thrush, 
lark,  cherry  bird,  yellow  bird,  oriole  or  bobolink,  nor 
shall  it  be  lawful  to  rob  or  destroy  the  nests  of  any 
such  birds,  and  any  person  or  persons  violating  this 
section,  shall,  upon  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum 


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not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars 
with  costs  of  suit  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  25.  It  shall  not  he  lawful  for  any  person  or 
persons,  upon  any  street,  alley,  lane  or  avenue,  thor¬ 
oughfare  or  public  place,  in  said  village,  to  fly  kites, 
throw  stones,  trundle  hoops,  play  ball,  or  shoot  with 
bow  and  arrow,  or  elastic  slings,  or  to  use  any  sport  or 
exercise  likely  to  frighten  horses,  injure  passengers, 
or  embarrass  the  passage  of  vehicles,  or  to  use  or  ride 
tricicles  or  bicycles  upon  the  principal  streets  or  side¬ 
walks  thereon.  Any  person  violating  this  section 
shall  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more 
than  twenty  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  26.  No  person  shall,  in  said  village,  keep  any 
dog,  bitch,  whelp,  calf  or  other  animal  tied  up  or  shut 
up  in  any  yard,  house  or  other  place  which,  by  bark¬ 
ing,  howling  or  other  noise,  shall  disturb  the  peace 
and  quiet  of  any  family,  individual  or  neighborhood. 
Any  person  violating  this  section  shall,  upon  convic¬ 
tion  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not  less  than  one  dollar 
nor  more  than  twenty  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for 
each  offense. 

Sec.  27.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person,  in 
said  village,  to  carry  concealed  weapons,  or  to  display 
in  a  threatening  manner  any  pistol,  knife,  slung  shot, 
brass,  steel  or  iron  knuckles,  or  other  deadly  weapons  at 
any  time, and  any  person  violating  this  section  upon  con¬ 
viction  shall  forfeit  and  pay  any  sum  not  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each  offense:  Pro¬ 
vided.  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  peace  officers. 


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MISDEMEANORS. 


Sec.  28.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall,  knowingly 
and  wilfully  obstruct,  resist,  oppose,  interrupt  or  in¬ 
terfere  with  the  village  marshal,  or  other  officer  in  ar¬ 
resting  an  offender,  in  serving  or  attempting  to  serve 
any  lawful  process  issued  by  virtue  of  any  of  the  or¬ 
dinances  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  or  order  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  said  village,  or  any  other  legal 
process  whatever,  or  shall  assault  or  beat  any  officer 
of  said  village,  or  person  or  j>ersons  duly  authorized 
in  serving  or  attempting  to  serve  or  execute  the  same, 
or  who  shall  obstruct,  oppose,  interrupt  or  interfere 
with  the  village  Marshal  or  other  officer,  anybody  or 
person  called  upon  to  assist  such  officer  in  the  lawful 
discharge  of  any  duty  required  by  virtue  of  any  ordi¬ 
nance  of  said  village,  every  person  so  offending,  on 
conviction  thereof,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol¬ 
lars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  29.  In  all  cases  of  disturbances  or  breach  of 
the  peace,  in  said  village,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
village  Marshal  or  Policeman,  or  other  officers  of  the 
village,  who  are,  by  the  laws  of  Illinois,  conservators 
of  the  peace,  upon  view  thereof,  forthwith  to  appre¬ 
hend  the  offender  or  offenders,  and  bringing  him,  her 
or  them  before  some  magistrate  or  justice  of  the  peace 
who  will  proceed  forthwith  or  as  soon  as  practical  in 
the  trial  of  the  same:  Provided,  such  trial  may  be 
continued  for  good  cause  shown. 

Sec.  30.  In  all  cases  under  the  ordinances  of  the 
village  of  Hilton,  the  village  Marshal,  or  other  officer 
authorized  to  execute  process  under  the  ordinance  of 


MISDEMEANORS. 

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said  village,  is  authorized  to  an$  may  arrest  any  per¬ 
son  or  persons  for  actual  or  alleged  breach  of  the 


peace,  and  he  may  and  shall,  if  necessary,  call  to  his 
aid  or  assistance  any  person  or  persons  that  are  able- 
bodied  above  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  and  any 
such  person  or  persons  who  shall  refuse  to  give  assist¬ 
ance  when  so  called  upon  shall,  upon  conviction  there¬ 
of,  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each 
offense. 


Sec.  31.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  village 
Marshal  and  Policeman,  and  they  or  any  of  them  are 
hereby  authorized  to  arrest  any  suspicious  looking 
person  or  persons  who  shall  be  found  loitering  about 
the  streets,  alleys,  lanes,  avenues,  sidewalks  or  public 
grounds  of  said  village  after  10  o’clock  at  night,  and 
who  cannot  give  a  satisfactory  account  of  himself,  her¬ 
self  or  themselves,  and  convey  such  person  or  persons 
to  the  calaboose  or  some  safe  place  of  detention  to  re¬ 
main  until  morning,  then  to  be  taken  before  some 
Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  to  be  dealt  with  ac¬ 
cording  to  section  thirty -three  of  this  ordinance. 


Sec.  32.  That  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  be 
found  loitering  about  any  of  the  streets,  alleys,  ave¬ 
nues,  lanes,  sidewalks,  public  or  private  grounds,  in 
the  village  of  Hilton,  after  ten  o’clock  at  night,  and 
who  is  not  upon  any  lawful  or  legitimate  business,  and 
who  fails  to  give  any  satisfactory  account  of  him,  her 
or  themselves  shall,  upon  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay 


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MISDEMEANORS. 


not  less  than  two  dollars  nor  more  than  ten  dollars 
with  costs  of  suit  for  each  offense. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


SEAL 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


POLL.  TAX. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  Poll  Tax. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  every  able-bodied  male  inhabitant 
of  the  said  village  of  Hilton  above  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years  and  under  the  age  of  fifty  years  (excepting 
paupers,  idiots,  lunatics  and  such  others  as  are,  or  may 
be  exempt  by  law,  and  also  excepting  the  President, 
village  Clerk,  and  Trustees  of  the  village  of  Hilton), 
shall  be  required  to  labor  on  the  streets,  alleys  and 
avenues  of  said  village  two  days  in  each  and  every 
year:  Provided,  that  each  person  assessed  for  such 
poll  tax,  may  commute  by  paying  to  the  village  Treas¬ 
urer,  within  six  days  after  receiving  written  notice  to 
perform  such  labor,  the  sum  of  one  dollar  and  fifty 
cents  ($1.50). 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent 
of  the  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  of  said  village,  to 
notify,  in  writing,  each  able-bodied  male  inhabitant  so 
liable  to  a  poll  tax,  six  days  before  such  person  is  re¬ 
quired  to  perform  such  labor,  stating  in  such  notices 


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POLL  TAX. 


when  and  where  such  labor  is  to  be  performed,  and 
what  kind  of  tools  or  implements,  if  any,  he  is  re* 
quired  to  furnish. 

Sec.  3.  If  any  person  or  persons,  liable  under  the 
first  section  of  this  ordinance  to  labor  on  the  streets, 
alleys,  or  sidewalks  of  said  village,  shall,  after  being 
notified  to  perform  such  labor  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  the  last  preceeding  section  (Sec.  2.),  re- 
fuse  or  neglect  to  perform  the  same  or  pay  the  com¬ 
mutation  money,  provided  in  section  one  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  at  the  time  mentioned  in  said  notice,  shall,  up¬ 
on  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not 
less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars 
and  costs  of  suit,  for  each  offense. 

,r  i 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent 
of  the  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  of  said  village, 
within  the  month  of  May  of  each  and  every  year,  to 
make  and  return  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  vil¬ 
lage,  a  list  of  the  names  of  all  persons  liable  to  a  poll 
tax  in  said  village,  and  also  the  names  of  all  persons 
within  the  ages  mentioned  in  the  first  section  (Sec.  1) 
of  this  ordinance  claiming  exemption  therefrom,  and 
the  reason  for  such  exemption,  upon  the  coming  in  of 
which  report  the  Board  of  Trustees  or  street  commit¬ 
tee  may  direct  the  said  Superintendent  in  regard  to 
what  disposition  to  make  of  such  poll  tax  labor,  and 
as  to  how  and  where  the  same  shall  be  applied;  said 
Superintendent  shall  report  to  the  Board  of  Trustees 
at  each  regular  meeting  thereof,  the  names  of  all  per¬ 
sons  who  have  paid  or  worked  out  their  poll  tax  dur¬ 
ing  the  last  preceeding  month,  and  the  names  of  any 


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POLL  TAX. 


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wlio  have  refused  or  neglected  so  to  do,  after  being 
duly  notified  as  provided  in  section  two  (Sec.  2)  of 
this  ordinance. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 

f — A — 

I  SEAL 


Nicholas  Slaole,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Olerk. 


ANIMALS  RUNNING  AT  LARGE. 


An  Ordinance  to  Prevent  Animals  from  Running  at  Large 

in  the  Tillage  of  Hilton. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton, 

Sec.  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or 
persons  to  permit  or  suffer  to  run  at  large  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  any  horse, 
gelding,  mare,  mule,  ass,  colt,  sheep,  swine,  goat,  or 
neat  cattle,  and  any  person  or  persons  suffering  or 
permitting  any  of  said  animals  to  run  or  be  at  large 
within  the  said  corporate  limits,  shall  forfeit  and  pay 
to  the  village  of  Hilton,  as  is  hereinafter  provided, 
and  costs  of  suit  and  all  pound  fees  allowed  by  ordi¬ 
nance  of  said  village  shall  be  taxed  as  part  of  the 
costs:  Provided,  that  nothing  contained  in  this  section 
(Sec.  1  of  this  ordinance)  shall  prevent  milch  cows 
running  at  large  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said 
village  between  the  hours  of  five  (5)  o’clock  a,  m.  and 
eight  (8)  p.  m.  of  each  day,  from  the  first  day  of  May  un¬ 
til  the  first  day  of  November  of  each  year  or  until  this 
ordinance  is  repealed  or  amended. 


ANIMALS. 


53 


Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Pound  Master, 
or  in  case  of  his  absence  the  Marshal,  of  said  village, 
to  put  up  and  confine  in  the  village  pound,  any  and 
all  animals  found  running  at  large  contrary  to  the 
provisions  of  section  one  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  3.  When  the  owner  of  any  animal 

impounded  is  known  to  the  officer  impounding 
the  same,  such  officer  shall  notify  the  owner, 
who  may  thereupon  release  such  animal  upon 
payment  of  the  pound  fees  and  expenses  of 
keeping  such  animal,  but  such  release  shall  not  affect 
the  liability  of  the  owner  of  such  animal  to  a  civil 
action  for  any  damage  done  by  said  animal  while  so 
running  at  large  either  by  the  village  or  person  in* 
jured. 

Section.  4.  When  the  owner  of  any  animal 

so  impounded  is  unknown  to  the  officer  im¬ 
pounding  the  same,  such  officer  shall,  upon  so 

impounding  the  same,  make  a  statement  in 
writing,  signed  by  him  and  deliver  the  same  to  the 
Police  Magistrate  or  some  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  the 
village,  of  the  number  and  kind  of  animals  so  taken 
up  by  him,  describing  them  with  reasonable  certainty, 
and  the  time  of  such  taking  up  and  impounding,  and 
that  the  owner  or  owners  thereof  are  unknown  to  him; 
whereupon  the  Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the 
Peace  shall  cause  to  be  posted  up,  in  three  of  the 
most  public  places  in  said  village,  a  notice  describing 
the  animals  so  taken  up  and  the  time  of  such  taking 
up,  and  notifying  the  owner  or  owners  thereof  to  ap¬ 
pear  before  such  Magistrate  or  Justice  at  an  hour  on 


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ANIMALS. 


a  certain  day  named  therein,  not  less  than  five  nor 
more  than  fifteen  days  from  such  posting,  then  and 
there  to  show  cause,  if  any,  why  judgment  should  not 
be  rendered  against  him,  her  or  them  in  favor  of  the 
village  of  Hilton  for  the  recovery  of  the  penalty  and 
costs  according  to  the  provision  of  section  one  of  this 
ordinance,  to  be  collected  by  a  sale  of  said  property 
if  not  released  on  payment  of  penalty  and  costs  by  the 
owner  or  owners  thereof. 

Sec.  5.  The  officer  posting  such  notices  shall  im¬ 
mediately  thereupon  make  return,  upon  oath  upon  a 
copy  of  said  notice,  of  the  time  and  place  of  such 
posting,  and  upon  such  return  being  made  the  Mag¬ 
istrate  or  Justice  shall  docket  the  cause  as  the  village 
of  Hilton  against  the  unknown  owners  of  (describing 
the  property  taken  up  and  impounded.) 

Sec.  6.  At  the  time  fixed  in  such  notices,  or  at  any 
time  after  the  posting  of  such  notices,  the  owner  of 
any  property  so  impounded  may  appear  before  said 
Magistrate  or  Justice,  and  such  owner  may  at  the  same 
time  release  the  property  so  impounded  from  confine¬ 
ment,  upon  the  payment  of  pound  fees  and  the  ex¬ 
penses  of  keeping  the  same,  and  costs  of  writing  and 
posting  the  notices,  and  the  costs  made  by  the  Magis¬ 
trate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

Sec.  7.  If  no  owner  shall  appear  as  aforesaid,  the 
Magistrate  or  Justice  shall  order  the  sale  of  the  ani¬ 
mal  or  animals  so  impounded  and  unclaimed,  and  said 
sale  shall  be  made  upon  the  same  notices  as  is  by  the 
statutes  of  Illinois  provided  in  cases  of  sales  of  con- 


ANIMALS. 


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stables  upon  executions  from  Justices  of  the  Peace. 
Property  sold  under  such  executions  may  be  redeemed 
by  the  owner  thereof  from  the  purchaser,  at  any  time 
within  three  months  from  the  time  of  such  sale,  by 
payment  to  the  purchaser  of  the  amount  paid  by  him, 
with  interest  thereon  at  the  rate  of  eight  per  cent,  per 
annum,  and  the  expenses  of  keeping  such  property, 
and  of  which  right  of  the  owner  to  redeem  the  officer 
making  such  sale  shall,  at  the  time  thereof,  give  no¬ 
tice. 

Sec.  8.  The  officer  making  the  sale  shall,  in  his  re¬ 
turn,  state  the  time  of  sale,  the  number  of  animals 
and  kind  sold,  and  specify  the  amount  each  animal 
was  sold  for. 

Sec.  9.  The  proceeds  of  such  sale  shall  be  paid 
over  to  the  Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
as  in  other  cases,  and  the  surplus,  if  any,  over  the 
penalty  and  costs  shall  be  specified  by  the  village 
Treasurer  in  the  receipts  given  by  him  to  the  Magis¬ 
trate  or  Justice,  one  of  which  receipts  the  Magistrate 
or  Justice  shall  keep  in  his  office  with  the  other  pa¬ 
pers  in  the  cause.  Such  surplus  shall  be  paid  over  to 
the  owner  of  the  property,  sold  by  the  village  Treas¬ 
urer,  at  any  time  within  three  years  from  such  sale 
upon  the  direction  of  the  village  Board  of  Trustees 
and  order  drawn  by  the  Clerk  on  the  village  Treasur¬ 
er  for  the  same  as  in  other  cases. 

Sec.  10.  The  officer  impounding  any  of  the  ani¬ 
mals  aforesaid  shall  be  allowed  for  his  services  the 
following  fees,  less  one  fourth  of  the  same,  which  one 


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ANIMALS. 


fourth  shall  be  paid  into  the  village  treasury,  to  be* 

_  * 

come  a  part  of  the  village  fund,  viz:  For  taking  into 
the  pound  and  discharging  therefrom,  for  each  horse, 
gelding,  mare,  mule,  ass  or  colt,  one  dollar;  for  each 
head  of  cattle,  fifty  cents;  for  each  sheep,  goat,  swine, 
twenty -five  cents.  He  shall  also  be  allowed  for  keep¬ 
ing  each  horse,  gelding,  mare,  mule,  ass  or  colt,  fifty 
cents  per  day,  and  for  each  head  of  cattle,  twenty-five 
cents  per  day,  and  for  each  head  of  sheep,  goats  or 
swine  ten  cents  per  day:  Provided,  that  a  mare  with 
sucking  colt,  is  to  count  as  one,  and  a  cow  with  suck¬ 
ing  calf  to  count  as  one,  and  for  posting  the  notices 
required  by  the  fourth  (4)  section  of  this  ordinance, 
twenty-five  cents  for  each  notice  by  him  posted,  and 
to  the  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  prepar¬ 
ing  the  notices  required  by  said  section  four  (4),  twen¬ 
ty-five  cents  for  each  notice  by  him  prepared,  which 
said  fees,  unless  otherwise  paid,  shall  be  taxed  as  part 
of  the  costs. 

Sec.  11.  No  person  or  persons  shall  permit  or  suffer 
any  fierce  or  dangerous  dog  or  bitch  to  go  or  be  at 
large  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  village  of  Hil¬ 
ton,  and  any  person  or  persons  violating  this  section 
of  this  ordinance  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  forfeit 
and  pay,  for  the  first  offense,  the  sum  of  five  dollars, 
and  for  any  subsequent  offense  the  sum  of  twenty-five 
dollars,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  village  Mar¬ 
shal  to  cause  the  said  dog  or  bitch  to  be  killed  and 
removed  without  the  limits  of  said  village  at  the  cost 
of  the  owner  or  owners  thereof. 

Sec.  12.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner 


ANIMALS. 


57 


of  any  dog  or  Ibitcli,  within  the  limits  of  the  village  of 
Hilton,  to  permit  or  suffer  the  same  to  frighten, 
chase  or  run  after  any  team  while  passing  upon  any 
of  the  streets,  alleys,  avenues  or  lanes  within  the  cor¬ 
porate  limits  of  said  village.  Any  person  violating 
this  section  of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  a  sum  of  not  less  than  three 
dollars  nor  more  than  ten  dollars  with  costs  of  suit 
and  all  damages  that  may  accrue  by  reason  of  said 
dog  or  bitch  frightening,  chasing  or  running  after 
said  team.  The  word  team  as  used  in  this  section  of 
this  ordinance  shall  be  construed  to  mean  and  be  de¬ 
fined  as  to  cover  any  vehicle  of  travel  not  propelled 
by  steam. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  Health. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  village 
Marshal,  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  to  remove  from 
within  the  limits  of  said  village  all  offensive  sub¬ 
stances  and  nuisances  which  have  a  tendency  to  im¬ 
pair  or  endanger  the  health  of  the  citizens  there¬ 
of. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  village  Marshal 
of  said  village  to  ascertain  the  owner  or  owners  of  any 
domestic  animals  that  have  died  within  the  limits  of 
the  village  of  Hilton,  and  to  notify  such  owner  or 
owners  to  immediately  remove  the  same  without  the 
limits  of  the  corporation,  and  should  such  owner  or 
owners  neglect  or  refuse  to  remove  the  same  for  four 
hours  after  such  notice,  he,  she  or  they  so  offending 
shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  ex¬ 
ceeding  five  dollars,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
village  Marshal,  Policeman  or  Pound  Master  to  cause 
the  same  to  be  removed  at  the  expense  of  such  owner 


HEALTH, 


59 


or  owners,  which  expense  may  be  recovered  by  suit  as 
other  fines  are  recovered  under  the  ordinances  of  said 

village. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  offer  for 
sale,  within  the  limits  of  said  village,  any  blown,  stuff¬ 
ed,  milksick  or  unsound  meat  or  other  article  of  pro¬ 
vision,  or  measly  pork,  or  shall  sell  or  expose  to  sale 
any  sick  or  diseased  live  animal  usually  made  use  of 
for  food,  for  the  purpose  and  design  that  the  same  be 
used  as  food,  knowing  or  believing  the  same  to  be  sick 
or  diseased,  such  person  or  persons  so  offending 
shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  ex¬ 
ceeding  fifty  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  4.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  use  any 
lot,  house,  pen,  building,  shed,  or  other  place  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  for  the 
purpose  of  slaughtering  animals  for  sale,  and  who 
shall  slaughter  any  neat  cattle,  calf,  hog  or  sheep 
therein  without  permission  first  obtained  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  said  village,  such  person  or  persons  so 
offending  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not 
exceeding  ten  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each  of¬ 
fense.  And  any  persons  or  persons  who  shall  erect  or 
occupy  any  building  or  buildings  within  the  corpor¬ 
ate  limits  of  the  said  village,  as  an  oil  mill,  a  powder 
house,  a  soap  or  candle  manufactory,  a  vinegar  fac¬ 
tory  or  cider  mill  without  express  authority  or  per¬ 
mission  from  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  village, 
shall,  for  every  such  offense,  pay  a  fine  of  not  exceed¬ 
ing  ten  dollars  for  each  and  every  day  that  such 
building  or  buildings  as  aforesaid  shall  be  used  as  an 


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oil  mill,  x3owder  house,  soap  and  candle  factory,  vine¬ 
gar  factory  or  cider  mill;  and  all  persons  obtaining 
permission  as  aforesaid  from  tlie  village  Board  shall, 
in  all  cases  and  at  all  times,  keep  their  places  of  bus¬ 
iness  clean  and  free  from  filth  of  all  kinds,  as  far  as 
possible,  and  from  offensive  substances  and  smells, 
and  a  failure  to  do  so  will  be  good  grounds  upon 
which  the  village  Board  may  revoke  the  said  permis¬ 
sions  to  operate  within  the  limits  of  said  village,  an 
oil  mill,  powder  house,  a  soap  and  candle  factory,  a 
vinegar  factory  or  cider  mill. 

Sec.  5.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  use  or 
occupy  any  building  or  buildings  within  the  corpor¬ 
ate  limits  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  as  a  distillery  for 
the  manufacture  of  ardent  spirits,  a  brewery  or  tan¬ 
nery,  without  first  having  obtained  express  permission 
for  that  purpose  from  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said 
village,  shall,  for  each  and  every  offense,  upon  con¬ 
viction,  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  five  dollars  per  day 
for  every  day  said  distillery,  brewery,  or  tannery  shall 
be  so  used  without  permission,  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  6.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  obstruct  or 
injure,  or  cause  to  be  obstructed  or  injured,  any  pub¬ 
lic  ground,  avenue,  street,  lane  or  alley,  in  the  village 
of  Hilton,  or  shall  establish  any  offensive  trade,  man¬ 
ufactory  or  business  therein,  or  shall  continue  the 
same  after  it  has  been  erected  or  established,  or  shall 
in  any  wise  pollute  or  obstruct  any  water  course,  tile 
drain,  spring,  pond  or  common  sewer  within  the  limits 
of  said  village,  upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  not  ex¬ 
ceeding  one  hundred  dollars  and  costs  of  suit,  and 


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61 


every  such  nuisance  shall,  by  order  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  said  village,  be  removed  or  abated  by  the 
village  Marshal  at  the  expense  of  the  person  or  per¬ 
sons  offending,  and  the  village  Marshal  may  sue  for 
and  recover  the  same  as  other  fines  and  penalties  are 
recovered  under  the  ordinances  of  said  village. 

Sec.  7.  That  cellars  and  ground  beneath  all  houses, 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  village  of  Hilton, 
shall  be  kept  free  from  water  and  all  putrifying  vege¬ 
table  or  animal  matter  and  aM  noxious  substances  and 
things,  under  a  penalty  of  ten  dollars  for  every  twenty- 
four  (24)  hours  such  nuisance  remains  after  notice  to  re¬ 
move  the  same,  which  notice  shall  be  given  by  the 
village  Marshal  on  complaint  of  any  citizen  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  and  the  Marshal  shall  cause  such 
nuisance  to  be  removed  or  abated  at  the  expense  of 
the  person  or  persons  occupying  the  house  or  prem¬ 
ises  complained  against,  to  be  recovered  by  suit  as  in 
other  cases  under  the  ordinance  of  said  village. 

Sec.  8.  The  Board  of  Trustees  of  said  village  may, 
during  the  months  of  June,  July,  August  and  September 
of  each  year  (or  until  this  section  (8)  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  is  repealed),  order  all  cellars  within  the  village 
to  be  kept  well  aired  and  inoffensive  and  sprinkled 
with  lime,  or  otherwise  disinfected,  and  any  person  or 
persons  refusing  or  neglecting  to  comply  with  such 
order  when  made  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  said 
village,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  maintaining  a  nui¬ 
sance  and,  upon  conviction,  shall  be  fined  ten  dollars 
and  costs  for  every  twenty-four  (24)  hours  said  order 
shall  be  disregarded,  to  be  recovered  as  in  other  cases, 


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HEALTH. 


from  the  occupier  of  the  premises,  or  from  the  owner, 
if  the  premises  are  tenantless;  that  each  privy  or  vault, 
within  the  limits  of  said  village,  shall  be  kept  clean 
and  inoffensive  at  all  times  under  a  penalty  of  ten 
dollars,  to  be  recovered  of  the  occupier  or  owner  of 
the  premises  to  which  the  same  may  be  attached,  to 
be  recovered  as  in  other  cases  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  9.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  village 
Marshal,  upon  his  knowledge  or  the  orders  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  said  village,  to  cause  prosecution 
to  be  immediately  instituted  for  all  offenses  against 
this  ordinance  before  the  Police  Magistrate  or  any 
Justice  of  the  Peace  in  this  village,  and  upon  judg¬ 
ment  being  rendered  against  the  defendant  or  de¬ 
fendants,  execution  shall  issue  forthwith  thereon  for 
the  fine  and  costs:  Provided,  that  when  the  defendant 
or  defendants  are  non-residents  of  the  state,  suit  by 
attachment  may  be  instituted  for  such  fines  as  in  or¬ 
dinary  debt  before  any  court  of  competent  jurisdic¬ 
tion,  in  the  name  of  the  village  of  Hilton. 

Sec.  10.  When  any  nuisance  shall  have  been  abat¬ 
ed  by  the  village  Marshal,  under  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  he  shall  report  the  same  to  the  Board  of 
village  Trustees  at  its  next  regular  meeting,  with  his 
actions  in  the  premises  and  the  costs  and  damages 
therein. 

Sec.  11.  That  all  person  having  small  pox,  vario¬ 
loid  or  other  contageous  or  infectious  diseases,  in  the 
said  village,  are  hereby  required  to  keep  closely  con¬ 
fined  within  their  respective  dwellings  or  places  of 


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63 


abode,  and  tlie  village  Marshal  shall  cause  suitable 
notices  with  the  character  of  the  disease  printed  or 
written  theren  in  large  type  or  letters,  to  be  posted  up  in 
the  most  conspicuous  place  on  or  near  such  building  or 
dwelling  place  in  which  such  contagious  or  infectious 
disease  exists,  and  require  the  occupants  thereof  to 
maintain  such  notice  thereon  until,  in  the  opinion  of 
a  competent  physician,  it  may  be  safely  discontinued. 

Sec.  12.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  owner  or  oc¬ 
cupant  of  any  house  or  building,  where  any  person  or 
persons  are,  or  may  be,  wdio  has  any  disease  believed 
to  be  contagious,  to  prevent  any  and  all  persons,  ex¬ 
cept  the  physicians  and  nurses  attending  such  dis¬ 
eased  persons,  from  communicating  with  such  dis¬ 
eased  person  in  any  manner  whatever. 

Sec.  13.  No  person  shall  leave  his  or  her  place  of 
abode  and  go  about  the  village  of  Hilton,  after  the 
small  pox  or  varioloid  eruption  has  made  its  appear¬ 
ance  upon  him  or  her;  and  no  person  shall  be  allowed 
to  go  about  the  said  village,  or  visit  any  house  or 
dwelling  in  said  village,  who  has  had  communication 
or  has  been  in  contact  with  any  person  or  persons  ha  v¬ 
ing  the  small  pox  or  varioloid  except  the  attending  or 
consulting  physician. 

Sec.  14.  Any  person  or  persons  having  the  vario¬ 
loid  or  small  pox  may  be  removed  beyond  the  limits 
of  said  village  at  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  said  village,  upon  the  advice  of  a  majority  of 
the  practicing  physicians  of  said  village,  and  any  per¬ 
son  failing  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  sec- 


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HEALTH. 


tions  eleven  (11),  twelve  (12)  and  thirteen  (13)  of  this 
ordinance,  or  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions 
of  said  sections  shall,  on  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  a 
fine  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  with  costs  of  suit  for  each  offense. 


Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


SEAL 


l 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


NUISANCES. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  Nuisances. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per¬ 
son  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  carrying  on  or  engag¬ 
ing  in  the  business  of  keeping  or  feeding  hogs  and 
cattle  in  pens  or  enclosures,  within,  or  within  one  mile 
of  the  limits  of  the  said  village  of  Hilton,  to  allow 
any  offensive  substance  to  remain  in  or  about  such 
pens  or  enclpsure,  either  before  or  after  the  removal 
of  such  hogs  or  cattle,  or  while  the  same  remain 
therein,  or  to  do  any  other  act  or  thing,  or  to  any  oth¬ 
er  business  which  shall  produce  an  unwholesome,  of¬ 
fensive  or  nauseous  smell,  or  that  shall  in  any  way 
endanger  the  health  of  the  inhabitants  of  any  portion 
of  said  village,  and  every  person,  firm  or  corporation 
violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  committing  a  nuisance,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  with 
costs  of  suit  for  each  offense,  to  be  collected  in  the 
manner  provided  for  the  collection  of  fines  and  pen- 


66 


NUISANCE. 


alties  by  the  ordinances  of  said  village,  and  each  and 
every  day’s  continuance  of  such  nuisances  shall  be 
deemed  a  new  offense,  for  which  the  offender  or  of¬ 
fenders  may  be  proceeded  against  and  fined  as  here¬ 
inbefore  provided  for. 

Sec.  2.  Whoever  shall  engage  in  or  carry  on  the 
business  of  any  packing  house  or  slaughtering  house, 
rendery,  tallow  chandlery,  bone  factory,  glue  factory, 
soap  factory  or  tannery,  within,  or  within  one  mile  of 
the  limits  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  and  shall  allow  to 
remain  in,  around  or  about  his  or  their  place  of  busi¬ 
ness  or  premises  within,  or  within  one  mile  of  the 
limits  as  aforesaid,  any  offal  or  other  offensive  sub¬ 
stance  produced  in  or  about  his  or  their  said  business, 
or  shall  allow  to  remain  in  or  about  his  or  their  said 
business,  within,  or  within  one  mile  of  the  limits  afore¬ 
said,  any  such  offal  or  other  offensive  substances  as 
hereinbefore  mentioned  which  shall  produce  any  of¬ 
fensive,  nauseous  or  unwholesome  smell,  or  that  shall 
in  any  way  endanger  the  health  of  any  portion  of  the 
inhabitants  of  said  village,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
committing  a  nuisance,  and,  upon  conviction,  shall 
forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  with  cost  of  suit  for  each 
offense,  to  be  collected  in  the  manner  provided  for  the 
collections  of  other  fines  and  penalties  in  said  village, 
and  each  day’s  continuance  of  such  nuisance  shall  be 
deemed  a  new  offense,  and  the  offender  or  offenders 
shall  be  proceeded  against  and  fined  as  hereinbefore 
provided. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or 


NUISANCE. 


67 


u*  0*0  i  r.:  '  i  ‘do  >  •*  •  , 

persons,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  village  of 

Hilton,  to  propel  with  steam  any  traction  or  portable 
engine  or  locomotive  upon  the  streets,  alleys,  avenues 
or  lanes  of  said  village  or  to  permit  or  allow  the  same, 
while  under  their  charge  and  direction,  to  stand  upon 
any  street,  alley,  avenue  or  lane  so  as  to  endanger 

passers  by,  nor  to  permit  the  escape  of  steam,  or  the 

% 

sounding  of  the  steam  whistles  on  said  engines,  nor  to 
allow  or  permit  said  engines  or  steamers  to  stand  up- 
*on  the  streets  of  said  village,  but  the  owner  or  owners 
or  controllers  thereof  must  run  their  engines  or  steam¬ 
ers  into  some  enclosure  or  vacant  lot,  and  not  obstruct 
the  streets,  alleys,  avenues  or  lanes  with  the  same, 
and  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  propel  with 
steam  any  traction  or  portable  engine  or  steamer  on 
the  streets,  alleys,  avenues  or  lanes  of  said  village,  or 
permit  or  allow  the  same  to  stand  upon  the  said 
streets,  alleys,  avenues  or  lanes,  or  shall  let  the  whis¬ 
tle  sound  while  thereon  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
committing  a  nuisance  and,  upon  conviction,  shall  for¬ 
feit  and  pay  not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars  for  each  offense  with  costs  of  suit,  to  be 
collected  in  the  manner  provided  for  the  collections 
of  other  fines  and  penalties  in  said  village:  Provided, 
that  anything  in  section  three  (3)  of  this  ordinance 
shall  not  be  construed  to  prohibit  the  owner  or  own¬ 
ers  of  traction  or  portable  engines  or  steamers  from 
letting  their  engines  or  steamers  stand  on  the  streets  or 


I 


68  NUISANCE. 

alleys,  next  the  side  walk,  to  be  repaired,  so  to  stand 
■Only  long  enough  for  repairs  needed. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


SEAL 


Nicholas  Slaole,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


* 


BAWDY  HOUSES. 


An  Ordinance  to  Restrain,  Suppress  and  Prohibit  Bawdy 
Houses,  Houses  of  Ill-Fame,  and  Houses  of  Assignation 
and  Other  Disorderly  Houses  in  the  Tillage  ©1  Hilton. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  per¬ 
son  or  persons  to  keep  within,  or  within  the  territor¬ 
ial  limits  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  any  bawdy  house, 
house  of  ill-fame,  house  of  assignation  or  any  other 
place,  building  or  structure  where  indecent  or  lewd 
practices  are  done  or  performed,  and  each  and  every 
person  so  offending,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars 
nor  less  than  twenty  dollars  with  costs  of  suit,  and 
each  and  every  person  who  stays  at,  or  is  harbored  at 
any  such  house  or  place  shall  be  presumed  to  be  a 
keeper  thereof,  and  liable  to  prosecution  and  the  pen¬ 
alty  in  this  section  contained. 

Sec.  2.  Each  and  every  person  who  shall  be  an  in 
mate  of,  or  stay  at,  or  be  harbored  at  any  such  house 
or  place  as  is  mentioned  in  section  one  (1)  of  this  or- 


70 


BAWDY  HOUSES. 


dinance,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  lined  in  any 
sum  of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  3.  Each  and  every  person  not  an  inmate  of, 
nor  staying  or  being  harbored  at,  and  not  the  keeper 
of  any  such  house  or  place,  as  in  the  first  section  of 
this  ordinance  mentioned,  who  shall  be  found  at  any 
such  house  or  place  between  the  hours  of  six  p.  m.  of 
any  day  and  six  o’clock  a.  m.  of  the  succeeding  day, 
upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  4.  Each  person  who  shall  frequent  such 
house  or  place,  as  in  the  first  section  (1)  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  mentioned,  whether  in  the  day  or  night  time, 
oil  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  dol¬ 
lars  and  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  5.  Whenever  the  village  Marshal  or  Policeman 
of  said  village,  or  a  bona  fide  resident  of  said  village, 
shall  complain,  on  oath,  that  any  house,  place  or  struc¬ 
ture  within  the  jurisdictional  limits  of  the  village  of 
Hilton,  is  kept  as  a  bawdy  house,  house  of  ill-fame,  or 
house  of  assignation  or  place  where  indecent  or  lewd 
practices  are  done  or  permitted,  the  Police  Magistrate 
or  Justice  of  the  Peace  shall  issue  a  warrant,  directed 
to  the  proper  officer,  commanding  him  to  arrest  forth¬ 
with,  and  cause  to  be  brought  before  the  officer  issu¬ 
ing  the  writ,  all  persons  found  in  such  house  or  place 
at  the  time  of  executing  the  writ,  and  when,  in  obe¬ 
dience  to  said  warrant,  the  officer  executing  the  same 


BAWDY  HOUSES. 


71 


shall  bring  such  person  t>r  persons  before  the  officer 
issuing  the  writ,  said  officer  shall  hear  such  legal  evi¬ 
dence  as  may  be  offered,  either  on  the  part  of  the  vil¬ 
lage  or  of  any  or  all  persons,  and  may  for  this  purpose 
continue  the  cause  for  such  reasonable  time  as  may  to 
him  seem  expedient,  and,  upon  hearing  the  testimony, 
shall  fine  each  and  every  one  of  the  persons,  according  as 
the  testimony  shall  prove  him,  her  or  them  to  be  a 
keeper  of,  inmates  of,  frequenters  of  or  persons  found 
in  such  house  or  place,  or  discharge  any  or  all  of  such 
prisoners  as  the  testimony  shall  prove  their  guilt  or 
innocence. 


Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


_A _ . 

■\ 


Nicholas  Sl  agile,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


VAGRANTS  AND  VAGABONDS. 


An  Ordinance  to  Relation  to  Vagrants  and  Vagabonds. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  All  persons  found  in  the  village  of  Hil¬ 
ton  who,  under  section  two  hundred  and  seventy  (270) 
of  chapter  thirty-eight  (38)  of  Revised  Statutes  of  Il¬ 
linois  of  1873,  as  amended  by  the  laws  of  Illinois  of 
1877,  in  force  July  1st,  1877,  would  be  deemed  vaga¬ 
bonds;  all  idle  and  disolute  persons  who  go  about  beg¬ 
ging,  persons  who  use  any  juggling  or  unlawful  games 
or  plays,  pilferers,  common  drunkards,  common  night 
walkers,  lewd,  wanton  and  lascivious  persons  in  speech 
or  behavior,  common  railers  or  brawlers,  persons  who 
habitually  neglect  their  employment  or  calling,  and 
who  do  not  provide  for  themselves  and  families,  and 
all  other  idle  and  disorderly  persons,  including  there¬ 
in  those  persons  who  neglect  all  lawful  business,  and 
who  habitually  misspend  their  time  by  frequenting 
houses  of  ill-fame,  gaming  houses  or  tippling  shops 
may  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
dollars  and  costs  of  suit. 


VAGRANTS  AND  VAGABONDS. 


73 


Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Sheriff,  consta¬ 
ble,  village  Marshal  and  police  officers  of  the  village 
of  Hilton,  to  arrest  upon  view,  or  at  the  request  of 
any  person  who  shall  have  first  made  a  complaint  and 
obtained  a  warrant  from  an  officer  authorized  to  issue 
the  same,  to  arrest  and  bring  before  the  officer  issuing 
such  warrant,  any  such  vagabond,  wherever  he  or  she 
may  be  found  for  the  purpose  of  an  examination,  and 
the  officer  making  the  arrest  shall  make  complaint 
against  such  vagabond,  and  the  Police  Magistrate  or 
Justice  of  the  Peace  shall  within  thirty-six  (36)  hours 
thereafter  proceed  to  try  the  accused  of  being  a  vaga¬ 
bond;  and  if  he  or  she  plead  guilty,  or  are  found  guil¬ 
ty,  said  Justice  of  the  Peace  or  Police  Justice  may 
sentence  said  vagabond  to  imprisonment  at  hard  labor 
upon  the  streets  or  highways  of  said  village,  or  to  the 
jail  of  said  county,  or  to  the  calaboose  of  said  village 
for  a  term  of  not  less  than  ten  days  nor  exceeding  six 
months  at  the  discretion  of  said  Justice  or  Police  Mag¬ 
istrate,  or  may  sentence  such  vagabond  to  pay  a  fine 
of  not  less  than  twenty  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars  with  costs  of  suit,  and  in  default  of 
immediate  payment  of  such  fine  and  costs  so  imposed 
said  vagabond  shall  be  sentenced  to  the  calaboose  or 
county  jail,  or  to  labor  on  the  streets  or  public  high¬ 
ways  of  said  village  for  a  term  of  not  less  than  ten 
days  nor  more  than  six  months.  In  ail  complaints 
under  this  act,  the  complainant  shall  set  forth  the 
name  of  the  offending  person  or  persons  if  he  can  ob¬ 
tain  the  same,  the  place  and  date  of  offense,  and  shall 
also  set  forth  such  facts  as  will,  if  substantiated  by 
competent  witnesses,  establish  the  guilt  of  the  prison- 


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er,  and  tlie  complaint  shall  be  signed  and  sworn  to  by 
the  complainant.  In  all  cases  under  this  act  the  Po¬ 
lice  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace  shall  make  a 
full  record  of  the  case,  giving  the  date  of  the  com¬ 
plaint  and  the  offense,  name  of  the  defendant  if 
known,  and  character  of  the  charge,  the  names  of  the 
witnesses  examined,  his  findings,  and  when  he  shall 
commit  any  vagabond  to  the  jail  or  calaboose  he  shall 
make  out  a  mittimus,  and  sign  the  same,  directing  the 
same  in  the  name  of  the  people  of  the  state  of  Illinois 
to  the  Sheriff  of  the  county  or  to  the  officer  having 
charge  of  the  county  jail  or  calaboose,  as  the  case  may 
be,  which  mittimus  must  show  the  date  of  the  charge, 
name  of  complainant,  name  of  the  defendent  or  de¬ 
fendants  if  known,  the  offense  charged,  names  of  all 
witnesses  examined,  date  and  place  of  trial,  the  find¬ 
ings  of  the  court  and  the  sentence  imposed;  and  it 
shall  command  the  Sheriff  or  other  officer  to  whom  it 
is  directed  to  receive  and  keep  the  body  of  said  de¬ 
fendant,  as  the  mittimus  may  provide,  until  the  expir¬ 
ation  of  the  time  specified  in  the  sentence  or  until  dis¬ 
charged  by  due  process  of  law;  which  said  mittimus 
shall  be  sufficient  warrant  to  the  Sheriff  or  other  offi¬ 
cer  therein  named  to  hold  the  body  of  said  defendant, 
as  by  the  terms  of  sentence  in  such  mittimus  com¬ 
manded:  Provided,  that  nothing  herein  shall  be  con¬ 
strued  to  prohibit  the  officer,  in  charge  of  such  jail  or 
calaboose,  from  compelling  such  prisoner  to  work  at 


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75 


reasonable  labor  for  the  benefit  of  such  county,  town, 
city  or  village  wherein  said  prisoner  may  have  been 
convicted. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


SEAL 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


Auctioneers,  Brokers,  Peddlers,  Theatres,  Etc* 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  Granting  Licenses  to  Auction¬ 
eers,  Hawkers,  Peddlers  and  Canvassing  Agents,  Theatres 
and  Shows,  Billiard  and  Pool  Tables,  and  Other  Devices 
for  Profit. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  any  person  or  persons  or  venders 
of  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  at  public  auction,  ven¬ 
due  or  outcry  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  vil¬ 
lage  of  Hilton,  shall  first  obtain  a  license  from  the 
village  Board  of  Trustees:  Provided,  this  section  shall 
not  apply  to  any  citizen  of  said  village  closing  out 
his  or  her  stock  of  goods  at  auction. 

Sec.  2.  The  license  provided  for  in  section  one  (1) 
of  this  ordinance,  may  be  granted  for  any  period  of 
time,  less  than  one  year,  upon  payment  to  the  village 
Treasurer,  if  for  one  day,  the  sum  of  two  dollars  ($2) 
and  at  the  same  rate  for  any  longer  time,  and  said 
license  shall  contain  a  condition  that  the  licensee  will 
observe  and  obey  all  the  ordinances  of  the  village  of 
Hilton  now  in  force  regulating  the  duties  of  auction- 


PEDDLERS. 


77 


eers:  Provided,  such  license  shall  not  be  granted  for 
a  longer  time  than  the  unexpired  fiscal  year. 

Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  be  allowed  to  sell  property 
at  auction  in  pursuance  of  any  license  granted  by  vir¬ 
tue  of  this  ordinance  unless  the  license  is  granted  to 
the  person  selling.  ’ 

Sec.  4.  -That  no  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corpora¬ 
tion  shall  sell  or  vend  any  goods,  wares  or  merchan¬ 
dise,  within  the  limits  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  at 
public  auction  without  first  having  obtained  a  license 
for  that  purpose  in  the  manner  provided  in  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  and  any  person  or  persons,  or  corporation  vio 
lating  this  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  to  the  village  of  Hilton,  upon  conviction  thereof, 
not  less  than  five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars 
with  costs  of  suit:  Provided,  that  this  section  shall 
not  apply  to  officers  or  others  selling  property  by  vir¬ 
tue  of  any  legal  process,  or  any  citizen  closing  out  his 
own  stock  of  goods. 

Sec.  5.  That  hawkers,  peddlers  and  canvassing 
agents,  and  all  persons  before  they  exhibit  any  theat¬ 
rical  or  other  show  performance,  or  amusement  for 
profit  or  gain  in  the  village  of  Hilton,  shall  be  re¬ 
quired  to  obtain  a  license  for  that  purpose  from  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  or  from 
the  Clerk  thereof,  as  hereinafter  directed;  if  granted 
by  the  Board  of  Trustees  it  shall  be  signed  by  the 
President  and  attested  by  the  Clerk  and  the  seal  of 
said  village  attached;  if  granted  by  the  Clerk  it  shall 
be  under  his  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  village,  and 


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PEDDLEKS. 


when  so  granted,  shall  authorize  the  person  or  persons 
to  whom  granted  to  pursue  any  and  all  pursuits  nam¬ 
ed  therein,  for  the  time  named  therein.  Provided, 
that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  church  fairs,  festi¬ 
vals,  or  other  institutions  for  church,  Sabbath  schools 
or  school  purposes,  or  for  any  literary  entertainments. 

Sec.  6.  That  whenever  any  person  or  persons  shall 
apply  to  the  Clerk  for  a  license  for  any  of  the  pur¬ 
poses  aforesaid,  he  may  grant  the  same  upon  the  fol¬ 
lowing  terms,  viz:  If  for  the  right  to  vend  within  the 
village  any  goods,  wares  or  merchandise,  the  sum  fixed 
in  section  two  (2)  of  this  ordinance;  if  to  peddle  trav¬ 
eling  on  foot  two  (2)  dollars  per  day;  if  for  a  theatri¬ 
cal  exhibition  or  other  show  performance  or  amuse¬ 
ment  of  any  kind  (except  circuses  and  menageries)  the 
sum  of  two  (2)  dollars  for  each  exhibition  or  perform¬ 
ance;  if  for  a  circus  or  menagerie  not  less  than  the 
sum  of  (5)  dollars  for  each  exhibition;  if  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  selling  goods  from  a  wagon  or  other  vehicle, 
the  sum  of  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  ($2.50)  per  day: 
Provided,  said  applicant  shall  deliver  to  the  Clerk 
with  his  application  the  receipt  of  the  village  Treas¬ 
urer  for  the  amount  of  money  herein  fixed  for  said  li¬ 
cense,  or  the  amount  in  cash,  to  the  village  Clerk,  and 
shall  tender  to  the  Clerk  his  fees  for  issuing  the  same, 
as  fixed  by  the  ordinance  of  said  village:  Provided, 
this  section  shall  not  include  fish  peddlers,  and  pro¬ 
vided  further,  that  any  citizen  of  said  village  may  ob¬ 
tain  a  license  for  any  show  or  lecture  on  the  following 
terms,  viz:  If  for  one  exhibition  or  lecture,  the  sum  of 
two  (2)  dollars;  if  for  more  than  one  exhibition  or  lec- 


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79 


ture,  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  ($1.50) 
for  each  additional  exhibition  or  lecture:  Provided  the 
village  Clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  charge  his  full  fee 
for  each  license  so  issued,  and  provided  further,  that 
book  and  map  peddlers  or  agents  canvassing  for  the 
same  may  obtain  a  license  for  one  day  for  the  deliver¬ 
ing  of  their  books  and  maps,  and  not  be  liable  to  any 
further  charges. 

Sec.  7.  That  any  person  or  persons  or  corporation 
desiring  to  vend  goods,  wares  or  merchandise  for  a  pe¬ 
riod  of  time  longer  than  one  month,  or  desiring  to  es¬ 
tablish  any  permanent  exhibition  or  place  of  amuse¬ 
ment,  may  apply  to  the  Board  of  village  Trustees  for 
special  terms  of  license  for  such  purposes,  and  a  li¬ 
cense  may  be  granted  by  said  Board  of  Trustees  in 
accordance  therewith  by  resolution  or  ordinance  of 
said  Board  of  village  Trustees. 

Sec.  8.  That  if  any  person  or  persons,  body,  poli¬ 
tic  or  corporate  shall  peddle  any  goods,  wares  or 
merchandise,  or  canvass  for  or  solicit  subscriptions  for 
any  book,  map  or  other  thing,  or  shall  keep  and  ex¬ 
hibit  any  theatrical  or  other  exhibition,  or  public  per¬ 
formance,  or  public  exhibition  for  profit  or  gain,  with¬ 
in  the  village  of  Hilton,  without  having  obtained  a 
license  therefor  in  pursuance  of  this  ordinance,  such 
person  or  persons,  body,  politic  or  corporate  shall, 
upon  conviction  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  village 
of  Morton,  for  each  offense,  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five 
dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  with  costs  of  prose¬ 
cution. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  or 


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BILLIARDS. 


persons,  within  the  limits  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  to 
exercise  the  trade  or  business  of  keeper  of  a  billiard 
table  or  pool  table,  keeper  of  a  nine  or  ten  pin 
alley,  shuffle  board,  keeper  of  a  bagatelle  table  or  can¬ 
vassing  agent,  within  the  meaning  of  this  ordinance 
as  hereinafter  mentioned,  without  first  having  obtain¬ 
ed  a  license  and  have  paid  the  tax  thereon  in  the  man¬ 
ner  hereinafter  described. 

Sec.  .10.  That  before  any  license  shall  be  granted 
for  any  of  the  purposes  and  objects  specified  in  the 
foregoing  section,  the  applicant  or  applicants  shall 
pay  annually  in  the  village  treasury,  or  at  that  rate 
for  the  unexpired  term  of  the  current  fiscal  year,  the 
following  sums  per  annum:  For  each  billiard  or  pool 
table,  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  per  year;  for  each  nine 
or  ten  pin  alley,  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars  per  year;  for 
each  shuffle  board  or  bagatelle  table,  the  sum  of  fifty 
dollars  per  year;  for  each  shooting  gallery,  the  sum  of 
fifty  dollars  per  year;  to  be  paid  semi-annually  in  ad¬ 
vance. 

Sec.  11.  All  applications  for  the  purpose  specified 
in  section  thirteen  (13)  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
made  to  the  Board  of  Trustees,  who  shall  grant  or  re¬ 
ject  the  same  at  their  discretion. 

Sec.  12.  That  any  person  or  persons  desiring  a  li¬ 
cense  for  any  of  the  purjjoses  specified  above,  shall 
state  in  writing  for  what  purpose  or  purposes  they 
desire  the  same,  and  shall  particularly  describe  the 
building  and  room  to  be  used  and  where  situated,  and 
the  Treasurer’s  receipt  for  the  amount  of  license 


BILLIARDS. 


81 


charged  therefor  shall  accompany  the  application,  and 
no  such  license  shall  authorize  the  person  or  persons 
holding  the  same  to  exercise  said  business  or  occupa¬ 
tion  in  any  place  other  than  that  designated  in  said 
license,  and  such  license  shall  not  be  assignable  or 
transferable  to  any  other  person. 

Sec.  13.  Before  any  license  under  this  ordinance  is 
granted  to  any  keeper  of  a  billiard  or  pool  table,  nine 
or  ten  pin  alley,  shuffle  board  or  bagatelle  table,  or 
any  shooting  gallery,  the  applicant  shall  execute  a 
bond  in  the  penal  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  ($500), 
payable  to  the  village  of  Hilton,  with  approved  se¬ 
curity,  conditioned  that  he,  she  or  they  will  keep  a 
quiet  and  orderly  house  and  close  the  same  at  the 
hour  of  eleven  o’clock  p.  m.  of  each  day,  to  remain  so 
closed  until  the  hour  of  four  a.  in.;  that  he,  she  or  they 
will  not  permit  or  allow  any  gambling  or  games  of 
chance  to  be  carried  on  in  his,  her  or  their  rooms  or 
place  of  business,  or  in  any  adjoining  premises  under 
his,  her  or  their  control,  nor  keep  or  allow  his,  her  or 
their  place  of  business  to  be' open  on  the  Sabbath  day. 

Sec.  14.  If  any  keeper  of  a  billiard  or  pool  table, 
nine  or  ten  pm  alley,  shuffle  board  or  bagatelle  table, 
shall  keep  open  his,  her  or  their  room  or  place  of  business 
later  than  the  hour  of  eleven  o’clock  in  the  evening,  or 
shall  permit  any  person  or  persons  to  frequent  the 
same  on  Sundays,  or  permit  any  minors  or  persons  un¬ 
der  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  to  frequent  the  same 
or  to  play  upon  any  billiard  table,  pool  table,  shuffle 
board,  bagatelle  table,  nine  or  ten  pin  alley,  either  in 
the  day  or  night  time,  the  offender  or  offenders  shall, 

V 


82 


BILLIARDS. 


upon  conviction,  forfeit  and  pay  to  the  village  of  Hil¬ 
ton  not  less  than  twenty -five  ($25)  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  ($100)  dollars  for  each  offence  with 
costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  15.  If  any  person  or  persons  shall  violate  any 
of  the  provisions  of  section  nine  (9)  of  this  ordinance 
by  exercising  the  business  or  avocation  therein  speci¬ 
fied  without  first  being  duly  licensed  to  exercise  the 
same,  he,  she  or  they  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  each 
offense  the  sum  of  not  less  than  ten  dollars  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  together  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  16.  That  the  keeper  or  keepers  of  all  tables 
or  devices  by  whatever  name  the  same  may  be  called, 
and  all  devices  and  schemes  however  construct¬ 
ed,  used  or  kept  by  any  person  or  persons,  in  said  vil 
lage,  for  the  purpose  of  the  playing  of  games,  for  the 
gain  or  profit,  direct  or  indirect,  to  such  keeper  shall 
be  and  are  hereby  declared  to  be  subject  to  the  same 
rules  and  regulations,  penalties  and  forfeitures  as  are 
provided  in  this  ordinance  in  relation  to  the  keepers 
of  billiard  tables. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slaole,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


RAILROADS. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  the  Use  and  Other  Management 
of  Railroads  and  the  Speed  of  Trains  on  the  Same  in  the 
Tillage  of  Hilton. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  rail¬ 
road  company,  or  person  or  persons  owning,  using  or 
operating  any  railroad,  to  obstruct  travel  or  passage 
across  any  of  the  streets,  alleys,  avenues,  lanes  or 
sidewalks,  in  said  village,  by  placing  or  leaving  there¬ 
on  any  locomotive,  railroad  car  or  freight  for  a  longer 
period  than  five  minutes  at  one  time:  Provided,  that 
nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  so  as  to  pre¬ 
vent  any  person  or  corporation,  operating  a  railroad 
in  said  village,  from  using  its  side  tracks  in  making 
up  its  trains,  for  which  purpose  a  longer  time  will  be 
allowed  if  necessary  to  enable  said  person  or  corpora¬ 
tion  to  complete  its  business  or  make  up  its  trains; 
but  in  no  case  shall  any  street  crossing  be  occupied  by 
any  locomotive  engine,  coach  or  car  or  freight  for  more 
than  fifteen  minutes,  nor  shall  any  such  engine,  loco¬ 
motive,  coach,  car  or  freight  remain  upon  any  street, 


84 


RAILROADS. 


aveime,  alley  or  lane  more  Ilian  five  minutes  unless  in 
motion. 

Sec.  2.  It  sliall  not  be  lawful  to  run,  drive  or  pro¬ 
pel  any  locomotive,  engine,  tender  or  railroad  car,  pro¬ 
pelled  in  whole  or  in  part  by  steam  or  by  any  other 
means  or  agency,  within  the  limits  of  said  village,  at* 
a  greater  rate  of  speed  than  six  miles  per  hour  (except 
passenger  trains,  which  shall  be  allowed  to  run  at  the 
rate  of  ten  miles  per  hour  and  no  faster). 

Sec.  3.  That  all  railroads,  companies  or  persons 
now  operating  railroads  or  that  may  hereafter  operate 
railroads  within,  or  through  the  limits  of  the  village 
of  Hilton,  crossing  any  street,  alley,  avenue  or  lane  of 
said  village,  shall  prepare, construct  and  maintain  safe, 
commodious  and  convenient  crossings  across  the  rail¬ 
roads  operated  by  them  respectively,  at  the  intersec¬ 
tion  of  said  streets,  alleys,  avenues  or  lanes,  and  shall 
also  make  sufficient  and  proper  conduits  and  gutters 
to  carry  off  all  water  under  the  railroad  tracks  of  such 
companies  respectively,  and  shall  keep  the  said  cross¬ 
ings,  conduits  and  gutters  in  good  repair  and  renew 
the  same  when  necessary. 

Sec.  4.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  blow  or  sound 
the  whistle  or  permit  the  escape  of  steam  from  a  rail¬ 
road  locomotive,  within  the  limits  of  the  vilage  of 
Hilton,  except  for  the  safety  of  said  locomotive  and 
for  necessary  signals. 

Sec.  5.  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  run  or  cause 
to  be  run,  any  locomotive  engine,  in  said  village, 


RAILROADS. 


85 


without  having  placed  on  the  top  of  the  chimney 
thereof,  a  bonnet  or  spark  catcher  sufficient  to  prevent 
all  accidents  by  fire  from  the  sparks  of  such  locomo¬ 
tive. 

Sec.  6.  The  bell  of  such  locomotive  engine  shall 
be  rungat  all  times  when  such  locomotive  engine  is  in 
motion  within  the  limits  of  said  village. 

Sec.  7.  Any  railroad  company,  or  any  agent,  ser¬ 
vant  or  employe  of  any  railroad  company,  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  pro- visions  of  the  foregoing  sections 
of  this  ordinance  by  doing  any  of  the  acts  therein  de¬ 
clared  to  be  unlawful,  or  omitting,  from  any  cause,  to 
perform  any  act  therein  required,  shall,  upon  convic¬ 
tion  thereof,  forfeit  and  pay  not  less  than  ten  dollars 
nor  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense,  with  costs 
of  suit. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


TELEGRAPH  AND  TELEPHONES. 


An  Ordinance  in  Regard  to  Telegraphs  and  Telephones  and 
Regulating  the  Same. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  'President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  all  persons  or  corporations  desiring 
to  erect  and  operate  any  telegraph  and  telephone 
lines,  or  either  of  the  same  within  the  limits  of  the 
village  of  Hilton,  shall  make  application  in  writing 
to  the  President  or  the  Board  of  Trustees  (if  the 
Board  be  in  session),  stating  upon  and  over  what 
street  or  streets,  alley  or  alleys  such  line  is  desired  to 
be  constructed,  which  application,  if  made  to  the  Pres¬ 
ident,  shall  be  by  him  presented  to  the  Board  at  its 
next  meeting. 

Sec.  2.  The  village  Board  of  Trustees  shall  consid¬ 
er  the  petition  or  application  and  act  upon  the  same, 
and  may  grant  or  refuse  the  same  as  may  seem  best 
for  the  interest  of  said  village,  or  may  designate  some 
change  of  route. 

Sec.  3.  All  telegraph  or  telephone  poles  hereafter 


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erected  within  the  limits  of  said  village  shall  he  erect¬ 
ed  or  placed  by  direction  of  the  street  committee  of 
said  village,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  streets  and  alleys,  and  the  person  or  cor¬ 
poration  erecting  the  same  shall  pay  to  said  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  streets  and  alleys  the  sum  of  two  ($2)  dol¬ 
lars  per  day  for  his  services,  and  pay  to  the  village 
the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  pole  erected  within  the 
limits  of  said  village,  to  be  paid  to  the  village  Treas¬ 
urer  before  any  of  said  poles  are  erected:  Provided, 
nothing  contained  in  this  section  shall  be  construed 
to  prevent  persons  from  erecting  telephone  lines  from 
their  residences  to  their  places  of  business,  or  from  one 
family  to  another  without  paying  the  village  or  Super¬ 
intendent  the  amounts  above  stated. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


j  SEAL 

V 

Y 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


An  Ordinance  to  Establish  and  Regulate  the  Fire  Depart¬ 
ment  ot  the  Tillage  of  Hilton. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

*  Section  1.  That  there  shall  be  a  fire  department 
in  the  village  of  Hilton  which  shall  consist  of  a  Chief 
Engineer,  Assistant  Engineer,  and  such  lire  engine 
men,  hose  men,  hook  and  ladder  men,  ax  and  saw  men, 
as  shall  compose  the  company  or  companies  organized 
for  the  charge  of  and  working  of  their  respective  ap¬ 
paratus. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Chief  Engineer  and  Assistant 
Engineer  of  the  said  lire  department  shall  be  elected 
annually  by  the  Board  of  village  Trustees:  Provided 
the  lire  company  or  companies  composing  said  depart¬ 
ment,  may  nominate  said  Chief  and  Assistant  Engi¬ 
neers,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees;  said  Chief  Engineer  and  Assistant  Engineer  shall 
be  subject  to  removal  from  office  by  the  said  Board  of 
Trustees  for  neglect  of  duty  or  incompetency.  The 
first  election  for  such  officers  shall  be  held  at 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


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such  time  as  the  Board  of  Trustees  may,  by  ordinance  or 
resolution,  direct,  and  annually  thereafter  on  the  first 
Wednesday  in  May  and  shall  be  by  ballot,  and  in  case  of 
a  vacancy  in  either  of  said  offices  from  any  cause,  the 
Board  of  Trustees  shall  fill  the  same  by  ballot. 

Sec.  3.  In  case  of  fire  within  the  village  limits, 
the  village  Engineer  shall  have  sole  control  and  com¬ 
mand  over  all  members  of  the  fire  department,  and  in 
all  other  operations  necessary  in  extinguishing  fires  or 
in  preventing  the  spread  thereof,  except  that  no  build¬ 
ing  shall  be  torn  down,  destroyed  or  blown  up  at  a 
fire  unless  by  authority  of  the  President  of  the  village, 
or,  in  his  absence,  of  the  fire  and  water  committee  of 
the  village,  and  the  Chief  Engineer  is  empowered  in 
case  of  fire,  to  command  the  aid  of  all  able-bodied  cit¬ 
izens  to  extinguish  or  prevent  the  spread  of  the  same, 
and  any  citizen  so  liable  who,  upon  being  so  command¬ 
ed,  shall  refuse  to  render  such  aid  shall,  upon  convic¬ 
tion  thereof,  be  fined  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more 
than  one  hundred  dollars  with  costs  of  suit.  It  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  Engineer  to  report  to  the 
village  Board  of  Trustees  semi-annually  at  their  regu¬ 
lar  meeting  in  May  and  November  of  each  year  the 
condition  of  the  apparatus  of  the  company  or  com¬ 
panies  composing  such  fire  department,  and  also  of  the 
building  in  which  the  same  are  kept,  and  he  may  rec¬ 
ommend  such  alterations  and  improvements  in  said 
apparatus  or  buildings,  as  he  may  from  time  to  time 
deem  expedient,  and  also  to  see  that  said  company  or 
companies  keep  their  apparatus  in  order  for  instant 
use,  and  in  case  of  failure  of  the  company  or  compan¬ 
ies  so  to  do  the  Chief  Engineer  shall  cause  the  same 


90 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


to  be  done  and  report  the  same  in  his  semi-annual  re¬ 
port. 

Sec.  4.  The  Assistant  Engineer  shall  assist  the 
Chief  Engineer,  and  obey  his  orders  for  the  extin¬ 
guishment  and  prevention  of  the  spread  of  fires,  and, 
in  the  absence  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  the  Assistant 
is  hereby  clothed  with  all  of  his  powers  and  authority 
and  shall  discharge  all  his  duties. 


Sec.  5.  The  members  of  the  fire  department  shall 
form  into  a  company  or  companies,  the  name  or  names  of 
such  company  to  be  designated  by  the  company,  except 
that  no  two  companies  shall  be  named  alike;  and  each 
company  shall  have  the  sole  charge  of  the  engine  or 
apparatus  and  all  things  pertaining  thereto  committed 
to  its  care  and  custody,  subordinate,  however,  to  the 
Chief  and  Assistant  Engineers,  and  be  responsible,  for 
the  proper  care  and  safe  keeping  of  the  same,  and 
each  company  shall  consist  of  so  many  members  as 
may  be  necessary  for  the  control  of  the  engine  or  ap¬ 
paratus  and  the  discharge  of  its  duties,  and  the  officers 


shall  be  distinguished  by  some  conspicuous  sign  or 
badge,  and  the  members,  whenever  called  out  for  re¬ 
view,  parade  or  duty,  shall  be  clothed  in  some  distin¬ 
guishing  uniform  or  dress,  with  the  full  name  or 
initial  letters  of  the  company  upon  the  frontispiece  of 
the  hat  or  cap  or  belt,  and  no  engine  or  fire  apparatus 
shall  be  given  to  any  company  until  they  have  organ¬ 
ized  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance.  Each  company  shall,  by  its  officers,  have  the 
sole  and  absolute  control  of  its  own  engine  or  other 


fire  apparatus,  except  as  they  may  be  subordinated  to 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


91 


the  Chief  and  Assistant  Engineers  and  except  as  the 
village  Board  of  Trustees  may  by  ordinance  provide, 
and  in  case  of  fire  each  company  shall  be  controlled 
by  its  own  officers,  and  they  are  hereby  empowered 
and  authorized  to  keep  away  from  their  engines  and 
other  apparatus  all  persons  intermeddling  or  interfer¬ 
ing  in  any  manner  with  the  same,  or  with  the  company; 
and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to 
drive  or  run  any  vehicle  of  any  kind  soever  over  the 
hose  of  any  engine  when  in  use  or  displayed  on  review, 
or  to  interfere  in  any  way  with  the  fire  company,  or 
the  engine  or  apparatus  when  going  or  returning  from 
a  fire;  and  any  person  or  persons  guilty  of  a  violation 
of  this  section  of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction, 
be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for 
each  offense,  with  costs  of  suit. 

Sec.  6.  Upon  an  alarm  of  fire  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  different  companies  organized  under  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  ordinunce  to  immediately  repair  to  the 
scene  of  the  fire  with  their  engine  or  apparatus,  and 
there  act  in  implicit  obedience  to  the  orders  of  the 
Chief  Engineer  and  Assistant  Engineer,  and  in  case 
of  the  *  absence  of  both  of  the  aforesaid  officers,  then 
in  obedience  to  the  foreman  or  first  or  second  assistant 
foreman  of  the  company  on  the  ground,  and  no  com¬ 
pany  shall  remove  from  the  place  where  they  are  sta¬ 
tioned  without  the  express  order  of  the  acting  Chief, 
nor  shall  any  company  refuse  to  obey  his  orders,  and 
in  case  of  wilful  refusal  to  obey  the  orders  of  the 
Chief  or  acting  Chief  Engineer,  the  Board  of  the  vil¬ 
lage  Trustees  may  take  from  the  company  failing  in 


92 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


their  duty  the  engine  or  the  fire  apparatus  and  all 
other  property  belonging  to  the  village;  and  if  the 
Chief  Engineer  shall  in  his  semi-annual  report,  or  at 
any  other  time,  state  that  any  company  has  so  failed 
to  obey  his  orders,  or  neglect  to  keep  in  good  repair 
and  ready  for  instant  use,  the  fire  engine  and  appara¬ 
tus  entrusted  to  it,  or  that  the  company  has  not  suffi¬ 
cient  members  for  the  proper  and  efficient  working  of 
the  same,  the  Board  of  village  Trustees  shall  take 
from  such  company  the  engine  and  apparatus  entrust¬ 
ed  to  it. 

Sec.  7.  The  Chief  Engineer  shall  include  in  his 
semi-annual  report  the  number  and  names  of  all  mem¬ 
bers  in  each  company,  and  whether  such  number  is 

■«% 

sufficient  for  the  purposes  for  which  said  company 
was  organized,  as  also  the  names  of  the  officers  of  each 
company;  and  each  company  is  hereby  required  to  al¬ 
low  the  Chief  Engineer,  or  in  case  of  his  absence  the 
Assistant  Engineer,  free  access  to  their  books,  records, 
buildings,  for  the  purpose  of  inspection  and  making 
of  his  report. 

9 

Sec.  8.  The  Chief  Engineer  shall  cause  at  least  two 
public  parades  or  reviews  of  the  fire  department  in 
each  year  at  such  times  as  may  be  agreed  upon  be¬ 
tween  him  and  the  officers  of  said  companies,  when  the 
same  may  be  inspected  by  the  President  and  Board  of 
Trustees:  Provided  said  Chief  Engineer  shall  notify 
the  President  and  Board  of  Trustees  at  a  regular  meet¬ 
ing  of  said  Board  when  such  review  or  parade  will 
take  place;  and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  each 
company  to  turn  out  in  full  uniform,  with  their  differ- 


FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


93 


ent  engines  and  apparatus,  upon  such  parade  or  re¬ 
view,  and  a  neglect  so  to  do  shall  be  treated  in  the 
same  manner  as  provided  in  case  of  wilful  neglect  or 
disobedience  of  orders  in  case  of  fire.  The  Chief  En¬ 
gineer  is  hereby  empowered  and  authorized  to  inspect 
all  buildings  and  flues,  and  report  any  and  all  defects 
discovered  in  the  same  to  the  President  of  the  village, 
who  shall  take  such  action  in  the  premises  as  may  be 
necessary  to  insure  the  safety  of  the  village. 

Sec.  9.  All  active  members  of  said  fire  company  or 
companies  in  good  standing  in  their  said  company 
shall  be  exempt  from  poll  tax  in  said  village  of  Hil¬ 
ton. 

Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


v 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


ENFORCEMENT  OF  ORDINANCES. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  tlie  Institution  and  Prosecu¬ 
tion  ot  Suits  for  the  Violation  of  Village  Ordinances. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  tlie  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  Actions  for  the  violation  of  any  ordi¬ 
nance  of  the  village  of  Hilton  may  be  prosecuted  be¬ 
fore  tlie  Police  Magistrate  of  said  village,  or  before 
any  Justice  of  the  Peace  having  his  office  in  said  vil¬ 
lage. 

Sec.  2.  Such  action  may  be  instituted  by  any  offi 
cer  of  said  village,  or  by  any  individual  making  com¬ 
plaint  in  writing,  which  complaint,  when  made  by  an 
officer  or  other  person,  shall  be  signed  and  sworn  to 
by  the  person  making  the  same.  The  complainant 
shall  specify  the  ordinance  violated,  the  particular 


ENFORCEMENT  OF  ORDINANCES. 


95 


wherein  the  same  is  alleged  to  have  been  violated,  and 
may  be  substantially  in  the  following  form: 

STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,  ) 

TAZEWELL  COUNTY,  ^  SS. 

Village  of  Hilton.  J 

I,  (the  name  of  the  officer  or  person  making  the 
complaint)  by  way  of  complaint  to  (name  the  Police 
Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the  Peace)  state  that  (name  of 
person  or  persons  charged)  has  (or  have)  been  guilty 
of  a  breach  of  an  ordinance  of  the  village  of  Hilton, 
entitled,  an  ordinance  in  relation  to  (title  of  ordinance) 
by  (set  out  the  particular  breach)  in  said  village  of 
Hilton  in  the  county  aioresaid,  on  the  ....  day  of 

. ,  or  between  the  ....  day  of . A.  D. 

18 .  . ,  and  the  ....  day  of . ,  A.  D.  18 .  . 

Village  of  Hilton,  this  ....  day  of . ,  A.  D. 

18..  Signed, . 

Jurat . 

And  no  objection  shall  be  taken  to  the  form  of 
words,  if  such  complaint  shall  substantially  set  forth 
forth  the  nature  of  the  offense  committed. 

Sec.  3.  If  such  complaint  is  made  by  an  officer, 
and  is  not  sworn  to,  the  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the 
Peace  shall  issue  a  summons  in  the  ordinarv  form  of 
summons  issued  by  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  civil  ac¬ 
tions,  except  that  such  summons  shall  state  by  its 
title,  the  ordinance  alleged  to  have  been  violated  and 
the  particular  breach  thereof;  which  summons  shall  be 
served,  and  trial  and  subsequent  proceedings  had  as 
in  other  civil  cases  before  Justices  of  the  Peace. 


96 


ENFORCEMENT  OF  ORDINANCES. 


Sec.  4.  When  the  complaint  is  verified  by  affidavit 
the  Magistrate  or  Justice  shall,  unless  an  incorporate 
company  is  complained  of,  issued  a  warrant  for  the  ar¬ 
rest  forthwith  of  the  person  or  persons  charged,  which 
warrant  shall  state  or  recite  briefly  the  allegations  of 
the  complaint,  and  shall  be  directed  for  execution  to 
the  Sheriff  or  any  constable  of  Tazewell  county,  or  the 
Marshal  or  any  Policeman  of  said  village.  The  officer 
receiving  such  warrant  shall  immediately  arrest  the 
person  or  persons  against  whom  the  warrant  is  issued, 
and  bring  such  person  or  persons  before  the  Magis¬ 
trate  or  Justice  issuing  the  same  for  trial,  unless  such 
arrest  shall  be  made  in  the  night  time  or  on  Sunday, 
in  which  case  the  officer  shall,  if  necessary,  detain 
such  person  or  persons  in  custody  until  he,  she  or  they 
can  be  brought  before  such  Magistrate  or  Justice. 

Sec.  5.  Upon  the  person  or  persons  so  arrested  be¬ 
ing  produced  before  him,  the  Magistrate  or  Justice 
shall  proceed  with  the  examination  or  trial  without 
unnecessary  delay,  and  shall  immediately  upon  con¬ 
viction  enter  judgment  in  favor  of  the  village  of  Hil¬ 
ton  for  the  amount  of  the  fine  or  penalty  and  costs  of 
prosecution,  and  order  such  person  or  persons  to  be 
committed  to  the  village  calaboose  or  county  jail  un¬ 
til  such  fine  and  costs  are  paid:  Provided,  such  im¬ 
prisonment  shall  in  no  case  exceed  six  (6)  months;  a 
copy  of  which  order  shall  be  delivered  to  the  keeper 
of  such  village  calaboose  or  county  jail,  and  every 
prisoner  so  committed  to  the  village  calaboose  shall, 
under  the  direction  of  the  village  Marshal  or  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  streets,  sidewalks  and  alleys  of  said  village, 


ENFORCEMENT  OF  ORDINANCES. 


97 


work  at  such  labor  on  the  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks 
as  his  or  her  strength  will  permit,  not  to  exceed  ten 
(10)  hours  each  working  day,  and  for  such  work  the 
person  or  persons  so  worked  shall  be  allowed  the  sum 
of  one  dollar  and  his  or  her  board  for  each  day  work- 
ed  on  account  of  such  fine  and  costs. 

Sec.  6,  Officers  in  the  execution  of  process  coming 
into  their  hands,  in  suits  wherein  the  village  of  Hil¬ 
ton  is  plaintiff,  shall,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  or¬ 
dinance,  proceed  according  to  the  statutes  of  the  state 
of  Illinois;  and  Police  Magistrates  and  Justices  of  the 
Peace,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  ordinance,  shall, 
in  cases  before  them-  wherein  the  village  of  Hilton  is 
plaintiff,  proceed  as,  by  the  statutes  of  the  state  of  Xi- 
linois,  is  required  of  Justices  of  the  Peace  in  other 
cases. 

Sec.  7.  For  actions  brought  against  an  incorporate 
company  for  the  violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the  vil¬ 
lage  of  Hilton,  the  Police  Magistrate  or  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  upon  complaint  being  made,  shall  issue  a  sum¬ 
mons  and  subsequent  proceedings  shall  be  had  as  is 
provided  in  section  three  (3)  of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  8.  Whenever,  upon  any  execution  in  favor  of 
the  village  of  Hilton,  upon  judgment  rendered  for  the 
violation  of  any  ordinance  of  the  village,  the  officer  in 
whose  hands  the  same  shall  be,  shall  make  collection 
of  any  money,  he  shall  pay  the  same  over  to  the  Mag¬ 
istrate  or  Justice,  or  his  successor,  by  whom  the  same 
was  issued,  and  shall  pay  to  such  officer  the  costs  ac¬ 
cruing  upon  such  execution  after  its  delivery;  and 


98 


ENFORCEMENT  OF  ORDINANCES. 


second,  shall  retain  his  own  costs;  third,  the  costs  of 
any  Sheriff  or  constable  of  Tazewell  connty;  fourth, 
the  fees  of  the  witnesses  in  the  case;  fifth,  the  penalty 
or  fine  and  the  interest  thereon,  and  lastly  the  costs  of 
the  village  officers  in  the  order  in  which  they  accrued; 
the  costs  to  be  paid  to  the  parties  entitled  thereto,  and 
the  penalty  or  fine  to  the  village  Treasurer;  he  shall 
also  submit  to  the  said  Treasurer  a  written  statement 
showing  the  cause,  the  amount  of  fine  or  penalty,  and 
the  village  Treasurer  shall  give  him  duplicate  receipt 
stating  the  same. 


Sec.  9.  Police  Magistrates  and  Justices  of  the 
Peace  in  exercising  the  jurisdiction  conferred  upon 
them  by  the  statutes  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  in  dhses 
wherein  the  village  of  Hilton  is  plaintiff,  and  Sher¬ 
iffs,  constables,  Marshal  or  Policeman  executing  pro¬ 
cess  in  behalf  of  the  village  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same 
fees  as  are  allowed  to  such  officers  by  the  statutes  of 
this  state,  to  be  taxed  as  costs  of  suit. 


Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


An  Ordinance  in  Relation  to  Taxes. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  President  and  Board  of  Trus¬ 
tees  of  the  Village  of  Hilton. 

Section  1.  That  all  property,  whether  real,  person¬ 
al  or  mixed,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  village 
of  Hilton,  which  may  be  subject  to  taxation  for  state 
and  county  purposes  by  the  laws  of  Illinois,  shall  be 
liable  to  taxation  for  the  use  of  said  village  of  Hil¬ 
ton  as  provided  by  revised  statutes  of  the  state  of  Illi¬ 


nois. 


Adopted  August  18th,  1884. 


Nicholas  Slagle,  President. 
Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk. 


A  RESOLUTION. 


Kesolved,  That  the  President  and  the  Clerk  be  and 
are  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  the  ordi¬ 
nances  of  said  village  of  Hilton,  as  adopted  by  the 
village  Trustees,  printed  in  pamphlet  form  under  the 
title  of  “Ordinances  of  the  Village  of  Hilton,”  for  the 
use  of  said  village,  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  copies. 


STATE  OF  ILLINOIS,] 

Tazewell  County,  vss. 

Village  of  Hilton.  \ 

Office  of  Village  Clerk. 

I,  Thomas  J.  Floyd,  Clerk  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  do 
hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing,  as  corrected  in  the 
table  of  errata,  are  true,  correct  and  authentic  copies 
of  the  revised  ordinances  of  the  village  of  Hilton,  and 
that  all  of  said  ordinances  were  duly  passed  by  the 
President  and  Trustees  of  said  village  of  Hilton,  and 
that  they  were  all  duly  published  as  required  by  the 
act  of  the  Legislature  of  said  state. 

In  witness  whereof  I  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  af¬ 
fix  the  seal  of  said  village  of  Hilton  this  18th  day  of 
August,  1884.  Thomas  J.  Floyd, 

[seal]  Village  Clerk. 


ERRATA. 

i 

i  ■  .  •  • 

On  page  xiv,  Rule  xvi,  sixth  line,  should  read 
“board  on  any  question,”  instead  of  “board  or  any 
question,”  as  printed. 

On  page  22,  third  line,  should  read  “part  of  the 
costs,”  instead  of  “part  or  the  costs,”  as  printed. 

On  page  25,  Sec.  1,  eighth  line,  should  read  “fer¬ 
mented  liquors,”  instead  of  “femented  liquors,”,  as 
printed. 

On  page  63,  Sec.  14,  third  line,  should  read  “discre¬ 
tion  of  the  Board,”  instead  of  “direction  of  the  Board,” 
as  printed. 

On  page  65,  Sec.  1,  ninth  line,  should  read  “to  en¬ 
gage  in  any,”  instead  of  “to  any,”  as  printed. 

On  page  95,  Sec.  2,  last  line,  first  word  should  be 
omitted. 


N 


INDEX. 


x 

Page. 

Actions  under  ordinances — how  brought  94 
Where  brought  ....  94 

Air  guns — penalty  for  discharging  -  37 

Alleys,  avenues  and  streets — powers  of 

Trustees,  R.  S.  1881  -  -  -  218 

Lay  out,  establish,  vacate,  R.  S.  1881  218 

Regulate,  clean,  light,  prevent  and  re¬ 
move  obstructions,  R.  S.  1881  -  219 

Prevent  injury  to,  R.  S.  1881  -  -  219 

Name,  and  change  name  of,  R.  S.  1881  219 

Require  railroads  to  conform  to  grade 

of,  R.  S.  1881  -  -  -  -  219 

Obstructions  thereof,  punishment  for  -  40 

Amusements,  etc. — on  Sunday  prohibited  34 

Animals — cruelty  to,  prohibited,  punish¬ 
ed  .  42 

Not  to  run  at  large  -  -  -  -  51 

Penalties  for  running  at  large  -  -  51 

Indecent  exposure  of,  punished  -  40 


104 


INDEX. 


Page.  Sec. 

Animals — must  be  hitched  -  -  -  39  15 

Must  not  be  ridden  or  driven  over  side¬ 
walks  -----  39  15 

Appropriations — for  village  expenses,  R. 

S.  1881  .  -  -  -  224  89 


Arrests,  who  authorized  to  make  -  46 

Authority  for  commitment — ordinance  -  96 

Assault  and  battery,  fighting  and  quarrel¬ 
ing — how  punished  -  -  -  33 

Asleep  or  drunk  on  streets — penalty  for  35 

Ashes — on  streets  and  sidewalks  -  -  40 

Assembly  of  people — penalty  for  disturb¬ 
ing  35 

Assessment  and  collection  of  taxes,  R.  S. 

1881  -  -  -  -  228 


31 

5 

1 

5 

17 

7 

111 


Assignation  houses — power  to  suppress, 

R.  S.  1881  -  -  -  218 HU..  62 


Penalty  for  keeping  or  being  found 

at 

70 

3 

Auctioneers — power  to  regulate  and 
R.  S.  1881  - 

tax, 

220 

62 

Awnings — how  constructed 

- 

41 

18 

Attorney,  village— duties  of 

- 

11 

1 

To  prosecute  suits 

- 

11 

1 

Badges — firemen  shall  wear 

- 

90 

5 

To  be  worn  by  Marshal,  Policemen, 

etc 

17 

6 

Bagatelle  table — ordinance  licensing,  and 
penalty  for  operating  without  license 

79 

9 

INDEX. 


105 


Page.  Sec. 


alty  for  operating  without  license  * 

79 

9 

Ball  playing — on  streets,  frightening  ani* 

mals,  etc. . 

45 

26 

Bathing — prohibited  in  public  places 

35 

8 

Bawdy  houses — power  to  suppress,  R.  S. 

1881 . 

218 

62 

Penalty  for  keeping  of  - 

69 

1 

Inmate  of . 

69 

2 

Bells,  horns,  etc. — ringing  and  blowing 

prohibited  ..... 

33 

1 

On  railroad  cars  must  be  rung 

85 

6 

Billiard  tables — power  to  license  and  re- 

strain,  R.  S.  1881 

218 

62 

Ordinance  licensing  and  regulating 

79 

9 

Minors  must  not  play 

81 

14 

Birds — killing  of,  and  destroying  eggs 

and  nests  of,  forbidden 

44 

25 

Penalty  for 

44 

25 

Bonds — of  village  officers 

1 

1  to  6 

Must  be  given  for  liquor  license  - 

28 

8 

Must  be  approved  by  village  Trustees 

28 

8 

Must  be  given  by  billiard  table  keepers 

81 

13 

Boundaries  of  village 

iv 

Building  material — how  to  be  placed  on 

• 

streets  .... 

41 

18 

Penalty  for  violation  of  ordinance 

41 

18 

106 


INDEX. 


Page. 

Sec. 

Careless  driving — penalty  for 

39 

15 

Cars,  railroad — speed  of,  regulated  - 

84 

2 

Where  they  must  stand 

83 

1 

Penalty  for  violation  .... 

85 

7 

Constructions 

•  • 

Vll 

Creating  certain  offices 

6 

Cattle  and  hogs — ordinance  regulating 

the  running  at  large  of 

52 

1 

Calaboose —  power  to  erect,  R.  S.  1881  - 

219 

62 

Persons  may  be  committed  to,  on  con- 

viction 

96 

5 

Cemeteries — power  to  prohibit  or  estab- 

lish,  R.  S.  1881  .... 

220 

62 

Claims  against  village — time  of  filing, 

how  paid  - 

8 

1  &  2 

Commitment  of  offenders — ordinance  in 

regard  to . 

96' 

5 

Committees  of  village  Board  - 

xii  Ruleix 

Complaints — how  and  before  whom  made, 

form  of 

94 

1  &  2 

Concerts,  shows,  etc. — license  ordinance  77  5 

Concealed  weapons — penalty  for  carrying  45  28 

Confidence  men,  vagrants  and  vagabonds  72  1  2 

Constables  and  Sheriffs — may  serve  pro¬ 
cess 


96 


4 


INDEX. 

Courts — Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Police 
Magistrate 

Crossings — teams  not  to  stop  on 

Defendants — committed  when  drunk 
May  work  out  fine  on  streets 

Destroying  village  property — penalty  for 

Diseases,  contagious — regulated 
Ordinance  in  relation  to 
Disorderly  conduct — how  punished 

Disorderly  houses — who  deemed  keepers 

of  .... 

Penalty  for  keeping  of  - 


On  Sunday  . 

Assembly  of  persons  .... 
Religious  congregation 

|  m  *  * 

Dogs — ordinance  regulating  the  running 
at  large  of  -  -  - 

Encouraging  the  fighting  of,  how  pun¬ 
ished  .... 

O  -  V  .  •  ,  •  >  v  .  1'  : 

Penalty  for  causing  disturbance  of  the 
peace  by 

Must  be  registered  and  licensed 

Dram  shops — ordinance  in  relation  to 
Penalty  for  keeping  without  license 


Page. 

107 

Sec. 

94 

1 

39 

15 

35 

5 

96 

5 

38 

14 

62 

11 

62 

11 

33 

1 

69 

1 

69 

1 

45 

28 

i  44 

24 

34 

4 

35 

7 

35 

6 

56 

11 

34 

3 

34 

3 

56 

11 

25  1  to  13 

25 

1 

108 


INDEX. 


Page. 

Sec. 

Driving  and  riding  over  sidewalks — pen- 

alty  for  - 

39 

15 

Obstructing  streets  and  crossings,  pen- 

alty  for  .... 

39 

15 

Druggists — permits  to  sell  liquors 

31 

13 

Drunkenness — how  punished 

35 

5 

Elections — when  and  how  held,  E.  S. 

1881  - 

240 

190 

Place  of  holding  election,  E.  S.  1881 

240 

190 

Special  election,  notice  of,  E.  S.  1881 

240 

190 

Enforcement  of  ordinances 

94 

1 

Executions — to  whom  issued,  against  cor 

porations  - 

96 

4 

How  and  by  whom  returned  - 

97 

8 

False  alarms — penalty  for  creating 

33 

1 

Fast  and  careless  driving — penalty  for 

39 

15 

Fighting  and  assaulting — how  punished 

33 

1 

Fees  of  officers — fixed  by  ordinance 

19 

Of  President . 

19 

2 

Of  Treasurer . 

19 

3 

Of  Village  Clerk  .... 

20 

4 

Of  Attorneys  ..... 

21 

5 

Of  Marshal . 

21 

6 

Of  Superintendent  of  streets 

22 

7 

Of  Policemen . 

22 

8 

Of  Trustees . 

23 

9 

Of  Police  Magistrates  and  Justices  of 

the  Peace . 

23 

10 

INDEX. 


Finance  of  village — power  to  levy  and 
collect,  R.  S.  1881 

Fines — be  worked  out  on  streets,  or  party 
committed  to  jail 

Duty  of  Magistrate  in  regard  to 

Fire  department — ordinance  in  regard  to 
Chief  Engineer  -  *  - 

Chief  Engineer  to  cause  public  parades 
Chief  and  Assistants 
Who  shall  nominate  and  who  appoint 
Active  members  exempt  from  poll  tax 
Who  shall  have  control  at  lire 
Penalty  for  refusing  to  aid  at  fires 

Chief  to  report  to  Trustees  semi-annu¬ 
ally  .... 

What  his  ropert  shall  contain 
Duties  of  Assistant  Engineer  - 

Who  shall  have  charge  of  engine  and 
apparatus  - 

How  officers  shall  be  distinguished  - 
Penalty  for  interferring  with  fire  com¬ 
pany  .... 

Members  must  obey  commanding  officer 

Fiscal  year — when  to  commence 
Expiration  of  licenses 

Funds — must  be  kept  in  treasury,  each 
appropriation  separately,  R.  S.  1881 


Pace. 

109 

Secl 

216 

62 

96 

96 

5 

5 

88 

88 

1 

92 

8 

88 

2 

88 

2 

93 

9 

89 

3 

89 

3 

89 

3 

92 

7 

90 

4 

90 

5 

90 

5 

90 

5 

91 

6 

-  5 

1 

5 

2 

225 

96 

110 


INDEX. 


Gambling — ordinance  prohibiting 

Penalty . 

Guns — penalty  for  discharging  in  village 

Handbills — pasting  on  houses,  etc.,  pro¬ 
hibited 

Indecent,  gross,  etc. 

Hawkers — licensed  and  regulated 

Health — ordinance  in  relation  to 

Hitching  animals — to  what  prohibited 

Hoops — trundling  of,  prohibited 

Horses — prohibited  from  running  at  large 
Indecent  exhibition  of,  prohibited  - 
Violent  riding  of,  penalty  for 

Houses  of  ill  fame — prohibited 
Penalty  for  keeping  - 
Penalty  for  being  found  at 

Ill  fame — houses  of,  prohibited 
Penalty  for  keeping 
Penalty  for  being  found  at  - 

Incumbering  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks 

Indecent  exposure  of  person — how  pun¬ 
ished  .... 

Killing  birds — penalty  for 

Kites — flying  in  streets  prohibited 

Knuckles — penalty  for  carrying 


Page. 

Sec. 

36 

10 

36 

10 

37 

12 

43 

22 

43 

22 

77 

5 

58 

38 

13 

45 

26 

52 

1 

40 

16 

39 

15 

69 

1 

69 

1 

70 

3 

69 

1 

69 

1 

70 

3 

41 

-  18 

36 

9 

44 

25 

45 

26 

45 

28 

INDEX. 


9 


■% 

ill 


Page. 

Labor  on  streets — by  defendants  in  execu¬ 


tion,  etc.  -  -  -  96 

By  poll  tax  ...  49 

Lamps  and  lamp  post — penalty  for  injury  42 

Lewd  conduct — how  punished  -  -  36 

Sale  of  lewd  books  prohibited  -  -  36 

License — how  gaanted,  application  -  28 

Ordinance  in  regard  to  liquor  -  -  25  1 

Not  transferable  -  30 

I11  regard  to  billiard  and  bagatelle  ta¬ 
bles,  etc.  -  -  -  79 

Hawkers,  peddlers  and  auctioneers  -  79 

What  applicant  must  do  to  obtain  -  80 

Not  transferable  -  -  -  80 

Must  not  permit  gambling,  etc.  -  26 

Must  not  keep  open  on  Sundays  or  elec¬ 
tion  days . 25 

President  and  Clerk  must  sign  liquor  li¬ 
cense  . 28 

Must  be  paid  to  Treasurer  -  -  28 

Liquors — sale  of,  regulated  by  ordinance  25  1 

Without  license,  prohibited  -  -  25 

Must  not  be  sold  or  given  away  to  mi¬ 
nors  or  drunkards  -  -  -  27 

Penalties  for  violation  of  -  -  -  27 

Locomotives — ordinance  regulating  speed 

of  -  -  •  84 


Sec. 

5 

1 

20 

9 

* 

9 

8 

to  13 
5 

9 

9 

12 

12 

4 

2 

8 

8 

to  13 

1 

7 

7 


2 


112 


INDEX. 


Page.  Sec. 


Locomotives — blowing  whistles,  prohibited 

84 

4 

Must  be  provided  with  spark  catchers 

84 

5 

Lottery  tickets — sale  of  prohibited 

37 

11 

Misdemeaners,  nuisances  and  police  regu* 

i 

lations — ordinance  in  relation  to 

33 

1  to  33 

Loud  and  unusual  noises,  etc  - 

33 

1 

Pemitting  same . 

34 

2 

Encouraging  dog  fights 

34 

3 

Being  drunk . 

34 

4 

Disturbing  religious  meetings 

34 

4 

Disturbing  congregation  - 

35 

5 

Disturbing  lawful  assembly 

35 

6 

Exposing  person  bathing 

35 

7 

Indecent  exposure  or  lewd  behavior 

36 

8 

Gambling 

36 

9 

Sleight  of  hand  tricks 

37 

10 

Penalty  for  *  - 

37 

10 

Discharging  fire  arms 

37 

11 

Hitching  horses  to  shade  trees 

38 

12 

Penalty  for . 

38 

12 

Destroying  city  property  * 

38 

13 

Misdemeanors,  etc. — penalty  for 

39 

14 

Indecent  exhibition  of  animals 

40 

15 

Placing  rubbish,  etc.,  in  streets 

40 

16 

Penalty  for  ..... 

40 

16 

Erecting  buildings,  etc.,  in  streets 

41 

17 

Leaving  cellar  doors,  etc.,  open 

42 

18 

Pulling  down  lamp  posts,  etc 

42 

19 

INDEX. 


Misdemeanors,  etc. — to  cruelly  beat  ani¬ 
mals  .... 

Posting  show  bills  on  fences,  etc.  - 

Post  or  painting  obscene  language  on 
fences,  etc. 

Congregating  in  front  of  churches,  etc 
Killing  birds  or  robbing  their  nests 

In  relation  to  flying  kites,  trundling 
.  hoops,  etc. 

In  relation  to  keeping  animals  shut  up 
so  as  to  disturb  the  j>eace 

In  relation  to  carrying  concealed  weap¬ 
ons  ..... 

In  relation  to  resisting  officers  - 

In  relation  to  duties  of  officers,  in 
breach  of  peace 

Marshal  authorized  to  arrest  - 
May  call  citizens  to  aid  him 
Officer  may  arrest  loiterers 
Penalty  for  loitering  - 
Municipal  year  and  expiration  of  licences 
Marshal  and  police 
Nine-pin  alley  may  be  licensed 

Nuisances — what  declared  to  be  - 
Buildings  in  streets  declared  to  be 
How  punished . 

Oaths — all  village  officers  must  take,  R. 
S.  1881  .... 


113 

Page. 

Sec. 

42 

20 

43 

21 

43 

22 

44 

23 

44 

24 

45 

25 

45 

26 

45 

27 

46 

28 

46 

29 

46 

30 

46 

30 

47 

31 

47 

32 

5 

1  &  2 

16 

1  to  6 

80 

10 

65 

1 

41 

17 

41 

17 

222 

75 

114 


INDEX. 


Page.  Sec. 

Oaths — may  be  administered  by  village 

Clerk,  R.  S.  1881 

224 

87 

Obscene  language — writing  and  paint- 

ing,  punished 

43 

23 

Obstructing  doors,  streets  and  sidewalks 

44 

24 

Officers — their  election  and  appointment, 

R.  S.  1881 . 

240 

190 

How  appointed,  R.  S.  1881 

240 

188 

How  removed,  R.  S.  1881 

212 

20 

Penalty  for  resisting  officer 

46 

29 

Penalty  for  refusing  to  aid  - 

46 

31 

Official  bonds  of  officers 

1 

1  to  6 

Ordinance — x)ower  to  make,  R.  S.  1881  - 

220 

62 

How  passed,  R.  S.  1881  - 

221 

65 

Style  of,  fixed,  R.  S.  1881  - 

240 

187 

Appropriating  money,  etc.,  R.  S.  1881 

224 

89 

In  relation  to  animals  running  at  large 

52 

In  relation  to  x>eddlers,  auctioneers,  etc. 

76 

In  relation  to  bawdy  houses 

69 

In  relation  to  billiard  and  bagatelle  ta- 

bles  .... 

79 

9  to  16 

In  relation  to  bonds  of  officers 

-  1 

1  to  10 

In  relation  to  village  officers  and  their 

duties 

11 

1 

In  relation  to  claims  .... 

8 

In  relation  to  duties  of  officers 

-  11 

In  relation  to  creating  certain  offices 

6 

In  relation  to  enforcement  of  ordinances  94 


INDEX. 


115 


Page. 


Ordinance — in  relation  to  fixing  time  and 

place  of  meeting  3 

In  relation  to  fixing  the  commencement 

of  municipal  year  5 

In  relation  to  seal  -  -  -  -  -  10 

In  relation  to  granting  licenses,  liquor  25 
In  relation  to  health  -  -  58 

In  relation  to  keeping  dram  shop  -  25 

In  relation  to  keeping  billiard  and  bag¬ 
atelle  tables  -  -  *79 

In  relation  to  poll  tax  -  -  49 

In  relation  to  misdemeanors,  nuisance, 

etc.  - . 33 

In  relation  to  nuisances  -  -  -  65 

Fixing  the  fees  of  village  officers  -  -  19 

Fixing  the  fees  of  President  -  -  19 

Fixing  the  fees  of  village  Treasurer  19 
Fixing  the  fees  of  village  Clerk  -  20 

Fixing  the  fees  of  Attorney  -  -  21 

Fixing  the  fees  of  village  Marshal  -  21 

Fixing  the  fees  of  Supintendent  of 

streets  -  -  -  22 

Fixing  the  fees  of  Policemen  -  -  22 

Fixing  the  fees  of  Trustees  -  23 

Fixing  the  fees  of  Police  Magistrate 

and  Justice  of  the  Peace  -  -  23 

Assessing  a  poll  tax  49 

Penalty  for  violating  -  -  -  -  50 


Sec. 


1 


9 


2 


3 


4 

5 

6 

7 

8 
9 

10 

1 


3 


116 


INDEX. 


Page 

Ordinance — In  relation  to  theatres,  shows, 

etc.  - . 77 

In  relation  to  vagrants  and  vagabonds  72 

In  relation  to  telegraphs  and  telephones  86 

In  relation  to  taxes  -  -  *  *  99 

In  relation  to  enforcement  of  ordinances  94 

In  relation  to  railroads  -  •  83 

In  relation  to  official  duties  of  village 

officers . 11 

Organization  under  general  law  *  -  iv 

President — elected  how  and  when,  R.  S. 

1881  239 

Duties .  11 

Power  to  appoint  certain  officers,  R.  S. 

1881  -  .  -  -  240 

Power  to  fill  vacancies,  R.  S.  1881  240 

Must  sign  warrants,  etc.  *  -  15 

Power  over  police,  R.  S.  1881  *  -219 

Peace — Disturbance  of,  how  punished  33 

Justice  of,  may  act  in  all  violations  of 

ordinances,  R.  S.  1881  -  -  671 

Permits  to  druggists  to  sell  liquors  -  31 

Police  department — power  to  create,  R.  S. 

1881 . 219 

Policemen,  powers  and  duties  of  -  16 

Powers  of  village  Board,  R.  S.  1881  -  216 


117 


INDEX. 


Pag*.*  Seoc 


Premises  where  liquors  are  sold — officers 
may  enter  -  *  -  .  - 

Privies,  etc. — must  be  kept  clean 

Pound — ordinance  in  relation  to 

Animals  running  at  large  to  be  im¬ 
pounded  -  e 

Prosecution  under  ordinances — when  com- 
menced  .... 

Penalties— when  and  how  sued  for 

To  be  paid  to  Treasurer 

Village  Attorney  to  prosecute  for 

Duties  of  Marshal  and  Police  in  regard 
to  violations  .... 

Defendant  may  be  compelled  to  work 
out  on  streets 

Defendants  committed  until  paid 

Judgment  for,  form  of  ... 

For  obstructing  officer  in  his  duties 

For  obstructing  streets,  alleys  and  side¬ 
walks  . 

For  neglecting  to  remove  dead  animals 
from  village 

For  selling  unsound  provisions 

For  slaughtering  within  village 

For  maintaining  a  nuisance  in  village 

For  obstructing  or  injuring  public 
grounds,  trees,  fences,  etc. 

For  erecting  and  continuing  an  offen¬ 
sive  trade,  manufactory,  etc.  - 


30 

10 

61 

52 

8 

52 

1 

94 

1 

94 

9 

97 

8 

11 

1 

16 

3 

96 

5 

96 

5 

96 

5 

46 

29 

41 

18 

58 

2 

59 

3 

59 

4 

65 

1 

42 

20 

58 

1 

118 


LNDEX. 


Penalty — For  polluting  water  course, 
spring,  etc.  - 

For  keeping  cellars,  etc.,  filthy 

For  spreading  contagious  diseases 

For  keeping  cattle  or  hog  pens  filthy,  or 
allowing  offensive  substances  to 
collect  in  or  around  them 

For  allowing  offensive  substances  to  re¬ 
main  about  slaughtering  houses,  etc 

For  selling  good  at  auction  without  li¬ 
cense  -  -  - 

» 

For  selling  liquors  without  license 

For  hawking  or  peddling  without  license 

For  exhibiting  shows  without  license 

For  keeping  billiard  rooms  without 
license . 

For  keeping  billiard  room  open  after  1 1 
o’clock  p.  m.,  or  on  Sunday  - 

For  permitting  minors  to  frequent  sa¬ 
loons  - 

For  permitting  minors  to  frequent  bil¬ 
liard  halls  ..... 

For  selling  or  giving  away  intoxicating 
liquors  without  a  license  - 

For  selling  or  giving  away  intoxicating 
liquors  to  minors  .... 

For  keeping  dram  shops  open  on  Sun¬ 
day  or  any  election  day 

For  keeping  dram  shop  open  after  11 
p.  m.,  or  before  4  a.  m. 


Page. 

Sec. 

60 

6 

61 

7 

63 

14 

65 

1 

65 

1 

77 

4 

25 

1 

3  79 

8 

79 

8 

82 

15 

82 

15 

26 

5 

81 

14 

25 

1 

27 

7 

25 

2 

26 

3 

ITOBX. 


119 


Pag*. 

8  k  c. 

Penalty — For  permitting  gambling  and 

disorderly  conduct  in  dram  shop 

26 

4 

For  violating  sections  1,  2,  3,  4  and  5 

27 

6 

For  allowing  minors  to  frequent  and 

play  games  -  -  ' 

26 

5 

For  refusing  to  allow  officer  to  enter 

30 

10 

For  selling  to  minor  without  order  of 

parents,  etc.  .... 

27 

7 

For  allowing  animals  running  at  large 

contrary  to  ordinance 

52 

1 

For  keeping  bawdy  houses,  etc. 

69 

1 

For  being  found  at 

70 

3 

For  being  vagrants  or  vagabonds 

72 

1 

For  being  drunk  and  disorderly  - 

34 

4 

For  disturbing  peace  of  neighborhood 

33 

1 

For  disturbing  assemblage  of  people 

35 

fi 

For  quarreling,  fighting,  etc., 

33 

1 

For  urging  dog  fights 

34 

3 

For  being  drunk  on  streets,  etc.  - 

34 

4 

For  exposing  person  in  bathing 

35 

7 

For  indecent  exposure  of  person  - 

36 

8 

For  indecent  dressing 

36 

8 

For  lewd  acts  of  behavior 

36 

8 

For  exposing  for  sale  lewd  books,  prints 

or  pictures . 

36 

8 

120 


INDEX. 


Page. 


Penalty — for  discharging  guns  or  fire 

arms  in  street  -  -  -  -  37 

For  making  or  kindling  fires  in  streets  37 

For  hitching  horses,  etc.,  to  shade  or 

ornamental  trees  or  fences  -  38 

For  cutting  or  in j  uring  shade  or  orna¬ 
mental  trees  or  fences  -  42 

For  breaking  or  destroying  village 

property  -  -  -  38 

For  leaving  horses,  etc.,  unfastened  39 

For  violent  or  careless  driving  -  39 

For  placing  or  suffering  to  remain  on 
the  street,  sidewalk,  etc.,  any  lum¬ 
ber,  coal,  wood,  ashes,  manure, 
filth,  etc.  -  -  -  41 

For  building  or  suffering  to  remain  on 
streets,  etc.,  houses,  sheds,  cellars, 
etc.  -  -  -  41 

For  digging  or  plowing  in  streets  -  40 

For  leaving  open  cellar  door,  pit,  vault, 

etc.  -  -  •  -  40 

For  congregating  about  stairways, 

churches,  doors,  etc.  -  -  44 


For  killing  birds  and  robbing  their  nests  44 
For  frightening  horses  by  amusements  45 

For  disturbing  the  peace  of  families  by 

keeping  animals  shut  up  -  -  45 

For  loitering  about  the  streets  after  10 

o’clock . 47 


Sec. 

11 

11 

12 

19 


13 

14 

14 


17 


17 

16 

16 

23 

24 

25 

26 
32 


INDEX. 


121 

Page.  Sec. 

Penalty — for  letting  railroad  cars  stand 


so  as  to  obstruct  streets 

83 

1 

For  running  cars  faster  than  allowed 

by  ordinance  - 

84 

2 

Poll  tax — ordinance  in  regard  to 

49 

Every  male  inhabitant  liable  to  * 

49 

1 

May  commute  ..... 

49 

1 

Penalty  for  violating  .... 

50 

3 

Railroads — speed  of  trains  regulated  - 

84 

2 

Religious  worship — penalty  for  disturbing 

35 

6 

Reports  of  committees — see  rules 

•  • 

XU 

Rule  x 

Resisting  and  interferring  with  officers 

46 

29 

Riding  and  driving  over  sidewalks — pen- 

alty  for  ..... 

35 

15 

Riots  and  disorderly  assemblages — how 

punished . 

33 

1 

Rubbish  placed  in  street — penalty  for 

40 

17 

Rules  for  government  of  village  Board 

X 

Salaries  of  officers — how  paid 

23 

11 

Seal — ordinance  in  relation  to 

10 

Showmen  may  be  licensed 

76 

2 

Sidewalks — must  not  be  obstructed 

40 

17 

Slaughtering — prohibited  in  the  village 

65 

1 

Sleight  of  hand  tricks  .... 

37 

11 

Slug  shots,  etc. — carry,  punished 

45 

28 

Speed  of  locomotives — regulated 

84 

2 

122 


IIVDEX. 


Page.  Sec. 

Spirituous  liquors — ordinance  in  relation  to  25 


Superintendent  of  streets,  etc. — liis  du- 


ties,  etc.  *  - 

18 

Suits — how  brought  .... 

94 

2 

Summons — may  issue  against  corporation 

97 

7 

Sundays  and  election  days — dram  shops 

must  be  closed  .... 

25 

9 

Swine  running  at  large — penalty  for 

52 

1 

Special  meetings— how  called 

3 

1 

Taxes  for  corporate  purposes — Trustees 

may  levy  and  collect,  R.  S.  1881 

228 

111 

Ten  pin  alley  may  be  licensed 

80 

12 

Theatres  and  shows  may  be  licensed 

80 

12 

Time  and  place  of  holding  Board  meeting 

3 

1 

Trees — penalty  for  hitching  to 

38 

12 

Penalty  for  breaking  or  injuring 

38 

12 

Trustees — list  of  - 

•  •  • 

in 

General  provisions  in  regard  to,  R.  S. 

1881  - 

216 

62 

Number  of,  terms  of  office,  R.  S.  1881 

239 

185 

Qualifications  of,  R.  S,  1881 

239 

184 

Vacancy  in  office  of,  R.  S.  1881  - 

240 

188 

How  elected,  and  when,  R.  S.  1881 

239 

185 

At  first  election  classified,  R.  S.  1881 

239 

185 

Compensation  of  - 

19 

1  to  11 

Ill;  l;/.fi 


INDEX. 

1  MV  1 

VIIJSI 

123 

I.  (;  /  I;/ 

• 

Pagi 

Sec. 

Trustees — Conservators  of  the  peace. 

R. 

S.  1881  .... 

224 

83 

Rules  for  governing 

X 

Majority  a  quorum 

- 

X 

Rule  ii 

* 

Shall  keep  a  journal 

12 

1 

Special  meeting  of,  how  called 

xi 

Rule  i  v 

General  powers,  R.  S.  1881 

216 

62 

Style  of  ordinances,  R.  8.  1881 

- 

240 

187 

Publication  of  ordinances,  R.  S.  1881 

221 

64 

Proof  of  ordinances,  R.  S.  1881 

221 

64 

How  comprised,  R,  S.  1881 

- 

239 

185 

Treasurer  .... 

14 

Vacancy  in  village  offices— howr  filled, 

R. 

S.  1881 

240 

188 

Vagrants  and  vagabonds — who  are,  and 

how  punished 

72 

Vault  not  to  be  left  open 

42 

19 

Village  officers — list 

- 

•  •  • 

in 

Howr  elected  or  appointed,  R.  S.  1881 

239 

184 

Manner  of  conducting  election  of,  R. 

S. 

1881  •-  - 

- 

216 

57 

Oath  of 

7 

4 

Commission  and  qualifications  of  R. 

s. 

1881 

- 

223 

76 

Bribery  of,  penalty  for,  R.  S.  1881 

223 

79 

To  be  conservators  of  the  peace,  R. 

s. 

1881 . 

224 

83 

Duties  of,  ordinance  fixing 

11 

124 


INDEX. 


Page.  Sec. 


Village  officers — compensation  of 

19 

1  to  10 

Ordinance  creating  certain  officers 

6 

Reports  of  village  Treasurer,  R.  S.  1881 

226 

97 

Seal,  ordinance  in  relation  to  - 

10 

Clerk,  duties  of 

12 

«  / 

Village — seal  of  .  - 

10 

Clerk,  duties  of 

12 

Boundaries  of  .... 

ivO 

Jurisdiction  of,  R.  S.  1881 

216 

62 

Village  Trustees — list  of  - 

•  •  • 

in 

General  provisions  in  regard  to,  R.  S. 

1881  .... 

216 

62 

Number  of,  terms  of  office,  R.  S.  1881 

239 

185 

Qualifications  of,  R.  S.  1881 

239 

184 

Vacancy  in  office  of,  R.  S.  1881  - 

240 

188 

How  elected,  and  when,  R.  S.  1881 

239 

185 

At  first  election  classified,  R.  S.  1881 

239 

185 

Compensation  of 

19 

1  to  11 

Conservators  of  the  peace,  R.  S.  1881 

224 

83 

Rules  for  governing 

X 

Majority  a  quorum  .... 

X 

Rule  ii 

Shall  keep  a  journal 

12 

1 

Special  meeting  of,  how  called 

xi 

Rule  iv 

General  powers,  R.  S.  1881 

216 

62 

INDEX. 


125 

Page.  Sec. 

Trustees — style  of  ordinances,  R.  S.  1881  240  187 

Publication  of  ordinances,  R.  S.  1881  221  64 

Proof  of  ordinances,  R.  S.  1881  -  221  •  64 

How  comprised,  R.  S.  1881  *  -  239  185 

Treasurer  -  -  -  -  14 

Vote  of  council — how  reconsidered  -  xiRulevii 

Warrants — how  issued  and  paid  -  -  15  5 

Magistrate  may  issue  96  4 

Writs — how  and  when  executed  -  -  96  4 


